Published date: 18 August 2021

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 9 April 2021, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£645,000

Procurement reference

NCL001-DN527361-73290177

Published date

18 August 2021

Closing date

9 April 2021

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

27 July 2021

Contract end date

5 September 2026

Contract type

Supply 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

Newcastle University is looking for a digital exam system to support the provision of authentic summative assessments in a secure digital environment.

Newcastle University has in the region of 28,000 students and 5,500 staff, who may use the digital assessment system. Prior to the global pandemic the University's centrally supported digital exams service delivered 140 on campus digital exams each academic year, equating to 20,000 student sittings. The largest cohort sitting an individual exam exceeds 400 students. On campus digital exam provision is expected to return to a similar level from 2021/22 academic year, should the public health situation allow.

Demand for on campus digital exams exceeds the scale of existing provision, and increasing both capability and capacity is a strategic priority. The University's ambition is to expand the scale of on campus digital exam provision using a combination of delivery on university owned PCs and student's own devices, alongside diversifying the types of online assessment that can be delivered in a secure exam setting.

The scope of this tender is for the supply and support of a digital exam system to be used by all members of the University, including those located in our Branch Campuses in Malaysia and Singapore. Digital exams will take place on campus.

Please note that tenders are only invited from bidders who have an existing off the shelf solution, deployed in an educational institutions of comparable size and scale (as detailed in the ITT documentation). We will not consider bespoke solutions.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

(NU/1647) Supply of a Digital Exam System

  • Opportunity
  • Published 3 March 2021

Award information

Awarded date

27 July 2021

Contract start date

28 July 2021

Contract end date

5 September 2026

Total value of contract

£645,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Inspera AS

Address

Cort Adelers gate 30
0254 Oslo
Norway

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Dave Anderson

Address

Newcastle University
Procurement Services, Kingsgate
Newcastle
NE1 7RU
England

Telephone

+44 1912085360

Email

dave.anderson@ncl.ac.uk