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CORE Development Services

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 05:28.

Opportunity overview

Service development capacity, in the form of software development and associated activities, to support the CORE project: CORE hosts the world's largest collection of open access research outputs, which are used and referenced by people globally, including researchers, libraries, software developers, funders

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Qubit Labs OÜ

No match
Published award value
£450k
Awarded
6 Jul 2025
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-PPON PJDT-6796-PBTZ
Location
Tallinn, EE, 15551, Estonia

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
OUPA10627
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
The Open University (OU) intends to award a one (1) year agreement to Qubit Labs to provide software development and associated activities, to support the CORE OU project. The CORE code base contains more than 250k lines of code Qubit personnel have the required training, expertise and specialist knowledge to operate and develop the CORE infrastructure. The cost and time to upskill another company to the level required precludes the award of the contract to a company other than Qubit.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-CHC-RC000391
Name
THE OPEN UNIVERSITY

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKJ12
Country
GB
Locality
Milton Keynes
Postal Code
MK7 6AA
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Walton Hall

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
RC000391
Scheme
GB-CHC

Contact

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PYNW-6296-ZJQQ
Scheme
GB-PPON
Organisation 2
Id
GB-PPON-PJDT-6796-PBTZ
Name
Qubit Labs OÜ

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
EE
Country
EE
Locality
Tallinn
Postal Code
15551
Country Name
Estonia
Street Address
Sepapaja, 6

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
sme
Sheltered Workshop
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No

Identifier

Id
PJDT-6796-PBTZ
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Date
7 Jul 2025, 00:00
Status
pending
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ1
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKJ1
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
72230000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Custom software development services

Value

Amount
450,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
540,000

Documents

Entry 1
Id
037279-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
4 Jul 2025, 08:56
Entry 2
Id
037972-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
7 Jul 2025, 16:02

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PJDT-6796-PBTZ
Name
Qubit Labs OÜ

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
7 Aug 2025, 23:59

Related lots

1

Contract period

Ends
31 Jul 2026, 23:59
Starts
8 Aug 2025, 00:00

Standstill Period

Ends
17 Jul 2025, 23:59

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Milton Keynes · UKJ12 · MK7 6AA · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-0558b7-2025-07-07T16:02:55+01:00Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·