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Dollar Universe Maintenance

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: THE OPEN UNIVERSITY

Buyer Address: Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, UKJ12, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom

Contact Email: finance-tenders@open.ac.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
Below threshold - unknown
Value
108575.0 USD
Published
23 Oct 2025, 10:39
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
01 Nov 2025, 00:00
Contract End
31 Oct 2028, 23:59
Category
n/a
CPV
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Ignite Technology Limited a
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

Continued maintenance for Dollar Universe, a workload automation software. Dollar Universe is a scheduling tool which manages all of the dependencies between the hundreds of "batch jobs" within our applications. These batch jobs typically run overnight and include updates to key OU databases. This maintenance contract allows us to raise support tickets when issues arise. Dollar Universe is a critical part of the OU's infrastructure and it is vital that we have this ongoing maintenance in place. 130,290USD (inc VAT)

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 1 Status: complete

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