# Implementation of a student admission system

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY](/buyers/newcastle-university/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Softcat PLC](/contract-winners/softcat/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £1,321,128
- Tender value: £1,321,128
- Award date: 15 February 2021
- Published: 19 March 2021
- Contract start: 15 March 2021
- Contract end: 28 February 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 9b8fb40e-cae4-424e-8681-4f94096dd74e-421668
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-70741bdd-f734-4c1e-bb66-6f20ef219b9f

## Description

\. The project's main objectives/deliverables are: • Build and sustain a digital infrastructure that operates effectively and efficiently to meet the variant processes between UG and PG applications \(one platform\); • Implement an integrated application portal, for applicants and agents to self-manage their applications and interactions; • Pursue optimal development of technology solutions, by blending enhancements of existing solutions with new solutions \(as appropriate\), to support strategic expansion of the Admissions Life Cycle; • Improve user experience, by automating processes using a task management/workflow approach, where manual effort is focused more on exceptions rather than standard work items; • Complete a radical redesign of the Admissions cross-functional and end-to-end processes \(from Apply to Registration\), to simplify, remove complexity, and measure performance; and • Proactively respond to market demands and improve resilience across the University's admissions function, by streamlining the data collected and making the data accessible to all required users\. Additional information: This contract is a call off from the SUPC SLRA framework agreement Lot 5 Software Services\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9b8fb40e-cae4-424e-8681-4f94096dd74e-421668)