Published date: 6 February 2017

Last edited date: 6 February 2017

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: 24 February 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

  • Educational software development services - 72212190

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

889Falmouth

Published date

6 February 2017

Closing date

24 February 2017

Contract start date

27 March 2017

Contract end date

27 March 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The system we are looking for:
Falmouth University wishes to acquire a comprehensive off the shelve curriculum management system that:
* Manage curriculum data (both courses and modules.
* Manage the following course processes: course proposal & creation (business case), course approval, course re-approval, housekeeping and significant modifications to courses and course roll forward.
* At the point of course proposal (business case approved but course awaiting validation) the solution manages the associated marketing material. At Falmouth, courses may be advertised on our website before formal approval so this requirement is crucial.
* Uses an industry standard relational database.
* Provides a user-friendly graphical user interface.
* Allows staff throughout the university to input and maintain data.
* Allows staff and students access to relevant information in a user-friendly way.
* Provides version control, track changes between versions, audit trail of changes and reporting of changes.
* Unites all curriculum data and acts as a single source of truth.
* Has reliable interface which has the capability to integrate to current Falmouth university systems (SITS, Learning Space and Falmouth University website).
* Provides effective reporting facilities and management information; with the ability for automated export of all data sets to our BI systems.
* Offers immediate processing for all reports and operations.
* Reduces the reliance on internal resources for maintenance of the core system, e.g. does not require an internal technical team to maintain.
* Facilitates the recording and reporting of data for UCAS and KIS.
* The solution will already be used successfully by other UK HEI's; at point of formal evaluation this will require references and site visits.
The Senior User of the curriculum management system is the Quality Assurance and Enhancement Department (QAE) who will be responsible for the data and general maintenance of this system. Many other users throughout the University will contribute to data input and maintenance.

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ITT and Appendices documents can be obtained by registering on the in-tend e-portal.
All correspondence, tenders, associated documents etc. (whether before or after the final submission of tender) are to be directed through the procurement tendering portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofexeter/aspx/Home
All requests for clarification or communications relating to the Tender must be submitted by the deadline via the E-tendering portal FAO Joe Grant and with the procurement reference number clearly referenced 889Falmouth.

About the buyer

Address

Penryn Campus
Penryn, Cornwall
TR10 9FE
England

Email

procurement@fxplus.ac.uk

Website

www.falmouth.ac.uk