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CORE development services 2026

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 27 Sept 2026, 13:31.

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
£500k
Awarded
Not supplied
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
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

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

Identifier

Scheme
GB-CHC
Id
RC000391

Address

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

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
Qubit Labs OÜ
Id
GB-PPON-PJDT-6796-PBTZ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PJDT-6796-PBTZ

Address

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

Contact

Telephone
+37257777030

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
CORE Development Services
Status
pending
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
72230000
Description
Custom software development services

Value

Including VAT
600,000
Amount
500,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

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

Contract period

Starts
1 Aug 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Jul 2027, 23:59

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
061685-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Published
1 Jul 2026, 12:39
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
31 Jul 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

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. 061685-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·