Software package and information systems

Tender description

To preserve its place as one of the UK’s leading academic institutions, The Open University has embarked on a programme of Students First Transformation, which will lead the transition to a new operating model. One of the key enabling workstreams within Students First Transformation is the Digital Technologies workstream. The aims and objectives of this workstream are to drive forward the necessary organisational and technical changes to ensure that The Open University becomes a truly digital first organisation and enables the other workstreams of Students First Transformation to achieve their objectives by providing the underlying technical infrastructure and business ownership necessary to meet future demands. Through the Digital Technologies workstream, the University is specifically looking to procure a new integrated HR, Finance and Student Record System, together with the services to configure, integrate, implement and host this system, and ongoing support and maintenance. The functional scope of the solution is to cover enterprise level finance (including procurement and optionally estates management) and HR. Student Records will need to cover the student journey from recruitment through to award/graduation, as well as managing the research and curriculum portfolio. Integration will be required to a number of core University information systems and third party software packages. Configuration and implementation will require close working with the University and their external partners, and will include support for the migration of data from current systems. Fully managed off-premise hosted or ‘Software as a Service’ solutions are required. Further information on high level requirements will be provided with the Selection Questionnaire. It is expected that there will be a phased transition over several years, although the detailed approach will be explored during dialogue.