Published date: 5 May 2023

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 21 May 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

  • Educational software package - 48190000

  • Clustering software package - 48626000

Location of contract

M13 9PL

Value of contract

£0 to £500,000

Procurement reference

IT-516-78-2023/2056/CSCMRT/CC/JL

Published date

5 May 2023

Closing date

21 May 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 September 2023

Contract end date

28 February 2027

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The University of Manchester (UoM) is undertaking a project to improve the experience of students & staff in PC suites and deliver robust services for colleagues (UoM use the term 'cluster environments' for facilities with multiple teaching and general access PCs).

Along with performance improvements, the University is looking to enhance flexibility for students with regards to where and when they study and gain access to services. Colleague & Student Computing project focusses on identifying solutions to address these problems.

The Request for Information (RFI) is to ascertain the offerings around hardware and software monitoring tools with reporting capability for management information, support and to enable students to view real-time availability.

More information

Links

Additional text

Information, formalities and necessary requirements to be met will be set out in the procurement documents, all of which are freely available via the University's procurement portal In-Tend - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/manchesteruniversity

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Janet Lewis

Address

Manchester
Manchester
Manchester
M13 9PL
United Kingdom

Telephone

-

Email

janet.lewis@manchester.ac.uk