Published date: 2 August 2018

Last edited date: 2 August 2018

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: 20 August 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Web page editing software development services - 72212224

Location of contract

CT1 1QU

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

CCCU-0063

Published date

2 August 2018

Closing date

20 August 2018

Contract start date

27 September 2018

Contract end date

26 September 2021

Contract type

Service 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?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The student web service, known as the \"stweb service\", used by the School of Media, Art and Design and Computing in the School of Law, Criminal Justice and Computing, is hosted on university servers. The service is a teaching tool that allows students to host and manage their own web content for their courses. Both Schools have requested improvements to the service.

The solutions proposed to address these changes have been discussed at the IT Technical Design Authority (TDA), with the recommendation made for subscription to an externally hosted web service.

The student web service was originally designed as in in-house IT service for students and has been available for many years. It is no longer fit for the purposes the programmes require a student web service to fulfil.

The changes requested are needed to:
• Improve the student experience
• Facilitate teaching and learning strategies
• Improve student learning outcomes
• Improve student satisfaction
• Permit the programme's external examiner access to student assessments
• Provide an improved resource that reflects the programme's and the University's professional and employability agendas

While working to establish the full requirements for a new Student Web Service, it became clear that we also have a requirement for a student managed virtual private server (VPS) service. This would allow students full control of a virtual server giving a Conceive, Design, Implement and Operate (CDIO) solution.

This Request for Quotation (RFQ) is therefore split into two lots, the first for a replacement student web service, the second for a student virtual private server service. The University reserves the right to award just the web service to one bidder, or both lots to one bidder. It is unlikely we would award the VPS service lot separately from the student web service lot.

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Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Robin Higgins

Address

North Holmes Road
Canterbury
Kent
CT1 1QU
United Kingdom

Telephone

01227 782792

Email

robin.higgins@canterbury.ac.uk