Contract

Moodle Hosting

  • Leeds Trinity University

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-006256

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0334c9

Published 3 March 2023, 10:05am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Leeds Trinity University

Brownberrie Lane

Mark Hayter

LS18 5HD

Email

m.hayter@leedstrinity.ac.uk

Telephone

+44 1132837100

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKE4 - West Yorkshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.leedstrinity.ac.uk/

Buyer's address

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-title/6E379988TB

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Education


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Moodle Hosting

Reference number

ITS075LTU

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 72212900 - Miscellaneous software development services and computer systems

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The university wishes to migrate its current Moodle provision to SaaS and seeks the services of a hosting company that has the expertise and resources required to meet our maintenance and technical support needs, ideally a Moodle Certified Partner.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £283,900

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKE42 - Leeds
Main site or place of performance

Leeds

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The key objectives and deliverables of this project are: 1.Migrate our Moodle environment to SaaS hosting. The chosen supplier will: •Provide development, test, and live instances of Moodle •Monitor and maintain our database, servers, and back-ups. •Upgrade our systems and additional plug-ins •Configure, maintain, and develop Moodle integration end points •Troubleshoot problems and faults. •Apply security patches to ensure that our VLE is not vulnerable to cyber-attacks. •Act as a ‘trusted partner’ to proactively alert us to new technical developments, features and functionality, provide guidance on best practice, develop customisations, and share information on relevant trends in the sector to guide future VLE and Digital Learning strategy 2.Documentation/guidance for the Digital Learning Team on escalating problems and faults that they are unable to resolve to the third party. 3.Processes for notification, testing, scheduling and approval of upgrades and configuration changes 4.Academic staff and student user comms and guidance on any changes to the look and feel of the Moodle user interface e.g., changes to menu/block locations, terminology, and content creation processes

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

The university reserves the right to extend the contract for any period up to a maximum of two years, subject to satisfactory contract performance

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2022/S 000-011820


Section five. Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

2 March 2023

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 4

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Titus Learning Ltd

Salts Mill, Victoria Road

Saltaire

BD18 3LA

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKE41 - Bradford
National registration number

08799881

The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £283,900

Total value of the contract/lot: £283,900


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

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six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Leeds Trinity University

Brownberrie Lane

Leeds

LS18 5HD

Telephone

+44 1132837100

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

Leeds Trinity University

Brownberrie Lane

Leeds

LS18 5HD

Telephone

+44 1132837100

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

Leeds Trinity University

Brownberrie Lane

Leeds

LS18 5HD

Telephone

+44 1132837100

Country

United Kingdom