Published date: 31 March 2023

Last edited date: 26 April 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: 16 May 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

  • Industry specific software package - 48100000

Location of contract

B15 2TT

Value of contract

£190,000 to £220,000

Procurement reference

IT-144-1627-FRAM557/22

Published date

31 March 2023

Closing date

16 May 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 August 2023

Contract end date

31 July 2026

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The University of Birmingham has had a research information system since 2012. The current system is hosted on premise, and ingests data from HR, Research Finance and Research Student Systems. A key driver for a Research Information System should be the collation and provision of a quality assured and trusted set of data about all activity linked to research undertaken at the university, offering value to the individual researcher (a place to manage their research profile with web links and CV options) up to institutional reporting and governance (REF submission, open research).

As part of the institution's Digital Research Strategy a move to a cloud hosted solutions is preferred. Key business drivers for a Research Information System remain important, with a renewed focus on integrating research information collected in the Research Information System into the institutional business intelligence infrastructure to ensure end to end system integration. The benefits a research information system can bring in the surfacing of research activity to a wider audience, through integrations with the institutional website are also a factor, along side the more traditional research outputs data management elements of the system.

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Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Karen Aird

Address

Edgbaston
Edgbaston
Edgbaston
B15 2TT
United Kingdom

Telephone

0121 415 8491

Email

k.aird@bham.ac.uk