# SOFTWARE AND SUPPORT

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [University of Cumbria](/buyers/university-of-cumbria/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Blackboard International B\.V
- Award value: £727,350
- Tender value: £727,350
- Award date: 3 August 2021
- Published: 25 November 2024
- Contract start: 4 August 2021
- Contract end: 3 August 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: abae0845-c473-4cb3-bac4-079e8ad29897-805132
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-489b5ea0-be27-412a-93c3-7799a52400e6

## Description

The University of Cumbria required a migration from Managed Hosting to Software as a Service to enable quicker access to new software, performance and security features along with resilience that would allow hardware failure to seamlessly and quickly be dealt with\. There was a requirement for easy access to consolidated data for reporting purposes\.

## Related contract awards

- [London Security](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-1c2e0d9c-250a-401e-941e-dda86bdf58fa): University of Cumbria
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- [Microsoft Direct Routing Carrier Services and Contact Centre Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-464e01da-fb65-49db-8507-44771035380d): University of Cumbria
- [VLE Additions](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-501e429a-6551-4009-81f1-9aa61caa6089): UNIVERSITY OF DERBY
- [Virtual Learning Environment](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-732dc749-e7d2-49f8-80b7-fb16f4783cf7): UNIVERSITY OF DERBY
- [Blackboard Integration Developments](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-a6d42548-27d0-4e76-8220-a45278ada3db): UNIVERSITY OF DERBY

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/abae0845-c473-4cb3-bac4-079e8ad29897-805132)