Published date: 20 April 2023

Last edited date: 26 April 2023

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 12 May 2023

Contract summary

Industry

  • Facilities management software package - 48421000

  • Residential property renting or leasing services - 70210000

Location of contract

WR2 6AJ

Procurement reference

UOW903

Published date

20 April 2023

Closing date

12 May 2023

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The University of Worcester is seeking suppliers who provide Student Rental Property Management Software. This is software which allows third party landlords to advertise their own properties and allows students to search for properties and contact landlords. The University is interested in off-the-shelf software rather than developing a bespoke solution.

Further details of our requirement are below:
• Landlords need to be able to manage their own properties. To include
o Register onto the site and add new properties.
o Create adverts
o Add photo's
o Indicate whether a property is/is not to be displayed on the website
o Upload safety certificates for students to view.
o Respond to students who have contacted them through the site.

• Students need to be able to search for available properties through a UW branded site
o Students should be able to search by postcode area, property type, no of rooms available, property size, rent amount per week, and when the property is available from.
o Students should be able to see photos and comprehensive information about properties (area, no of bedrooms, weekly rent, contract length, deposit amount, what's included in rent and when property is available from)
o Students should be able to contact landlords through the site, and add properties to a wish list or shopping basket.
o Students should have access to a message board or similar to advertise rooms no longer needed, or to search for others to share with.

• UW need to be able to be able to carry out all administrative functions on behalf of landlords if need be.
o UW need to be able to mailshot landlords
o UW need the ability to authorise/decline advertisements
o Advertisements should automatically end and be removed from site if any safety certificate is invalid/out of date

If you are able to provide this software, please contact Nicola Brecknell (n.brecknell@worc.ac.uk) with details of your product.

About the buyer

Contact name

Nicola Brecknell

Address

Henwick Grove
WORCESTER
WR26AJ
England

Telephone

01905542066

Email

n.brecknell@worc.ac.uk