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STUDENT LOANS COMPANY · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

CLASS is an ageing bespoke application and supported by ageing on premise hardware and virtualisation. It is the key function for Pay and Repay services. SLC strategy is to reduce reliance on physical data centres, and technology which needs to be renewed, maintained, and supported. Hosting CLASS on the Cloud will reduce reliance on data centres and the associated effort to support them. The proposal aligns with overall government Cloud First approach and modernises the technology which supports CLASS. The requirement shall be for the design and procurement of a cloud based platform in order to meet SLC requirements in an ongoing basis. This is a retrospective notice as premarket engagement was undertaken by issuing a premarket engagement questionnaire to all companies listed on CCS Framework reference RM6292 (Cloud Compute 2) Lot 1 -Core Services. The questionnaire was issued via the Delta Esouring portal on 21/07/2025 and closed on 11/08/2025

Classification

  • CPV72212211 — Platform interconnectivity software development services

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
2025-TR-0067
Status
planning
Above Threshold
No
Main Procurement Category
services

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Techniques

Has Framework Agreement
Yes

Communication

Future Notice Date
5 Jan 2026, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning

Contract period

Ends
28 Feb 2029, 23:59
Starts
1 Mar 2026, 00:00

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
72212211
Scheme
CPV
Description
Platform interconnectivity software development services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
076682-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
25 Nov 2025, 08:12

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
met
Date Met
11 Aug 2025, 00:00
Description
A premarket engagement questionnaire was issued to all companies listed on CCS Framework reference RM6292 Cloud Compute Services 2 Lot 1 (Core Services) on 21/07/2025 and ended on 11/08/2025.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-COH-02401034
Name
STUDENT LOANS COMPANY

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKC13
Country
GB
Locality
Darlington
Postal Code
DL1 1RW
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Memphis Building Lingfield Point

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
02401034
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Name
Kenneth McKay

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PMXL-3278-BCWT
Scheme
GB-PPON

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Darlington · UKC13 · DL1 1RW · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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