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Online Learning Platform 26-29

DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY

Buyer Address: The Gateway, Leicester, UKF21, LE1 9BH, United Kingdom

Contact Email: procurement@dmu.ac.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
direct
Value
294912.0 GBP
Published
13 Mar 2026, 15:37
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
23 Mar 2026, 00:00
Contract End
22 Mar 2029, 23:59
Category
n/a
CPV
80420000 - E-learning services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

LinkedIn learning is a service subscribed to for our students, containing video training resources and exercises, from LinkedIn and wider contributors, covering a wide variety of materials.

Linked Documents

No linked documents found for this notice.

Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 1 Status: complete

Documents

Document Description: Not published

Contracts

Contract Title: Online Learning Platform 26-29

Contract Title: Submission forcing double contract - this is to be disregarded

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