Provision of Managed Service Provider for University of Birmingham Core Systems
Estimated value
—
Awarded value
£1.0m
Suppliers
1
Lots
1
Published
02 Oct 2025
Description
The University of Birmingham is seeking a Managed Service Provider (MSP) that offers both functional and technical support for its core systems suite. Please refer to the attached documentation for the full specification of requirements.
Scope
- Reference
- FRAM0490/25
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 01 Jan 2026 to 01 Jan 2028Possible extension to 01 Jan 2030
Two, one-year extension options is built in to the tender opportunity. The extension will be subject to performance reviews and is subject to the agreement of both parties.
- CPV classifications
- 72416000
- Contract locations
- West Midlands, United Kingdom
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Management of the Contract | — | quality | 5.00% |
| Sustainability | — | quality | 5.00% |
| Technical | — | quality | 5.00% |
| Quality | — | quality | 3.00% |
| Service | — | quality | 7.00% |
| Functional Resource | — | quality | 41.00% |
| Technical Resource | — | quality | 19.00% |
| Cost/Price | — | cost | 15.00% |
Submission & procedure
- Procedure
- Competitive flexible procedure
Award details
Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.
Awarded value
£1.0m
Award date
01 Oct 2025
Contract start
01 Jan 2026
Contract end
01 Jan 2028
Awarded suppliers· 1 supplier
Awarded 01 Oct 2025 · Contract period 01 Jan 2026 — 01 Jan 2028
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