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Digital Leadership and Transformation, and Research & Innovation Consultancy Open Framework
AI Summary
Jisc is establishing an open framework that enables the procurement of consultancy services focused on digital leadership, transformation and research and innovation for the UK non‑profit sector, including tertiary education, charities and funding bodies. The consultancy is intended to support organisations at both strategic and operational levels across a wide spectrum of activities such as learning, teaching, assessment, student experience, training, research, knowledge management and the development of digital and physical infrastructure. The service will facilitate the formulation and review of strategy, the planning and re‑evaluation of organisational systems and services, data management, and the cultivation of a supportive culture that promotes digital capability, leader‑easing, and well‑being to drive sustainable change and improved outcomes.
The framework is divided into two specialisms. Lot 1, Digital Leadership and Transformation, covers the full range of digital and organisational change initiatives, ensuring alignment with Jisc’s digital transformation framework and toolkit to guide best practice. Lot 2, Research & Innovation, concentrates on the strategy and operational development of digital and data research infrastructures, research management systems, and scholarly communications in higher education and publicly funded research, with a view to fostering cross‑sector partnerships. To qualify, suppliers must satisfy the general and at least one specialism requirement, pass an interview stage, and be registered on the Jisc portal, thereby confirming compliance with the Procurement Act 2023.
Description
Jisc consultancy supports a range of organisations with the development and implementation of digital leadership and transformation, and research & innovation at both strategic and operational levels across all areas of business. This includes digital and organisational change across learning, teaching and assessment, student experience and support, training, research, knowledge management and digital and physical infrastructure. Consultancy work can help organisations with strategy development and review, organisational planning and review of systems, services, information and data management to inform investment priorities and future development. Jisc consultancy helps to explore and address factors such as organisational culture, digital leadership, digital capability and wellbeing, helping to create the conditions for sustainable change and enhanced business outcomes.
The Open Framework covers two specialisms separated into Lots:
Lot 1: Digital Leadership and Transformation
This includes digital and organisational change across learning, teaching and assessment, student experience and support, training, research, knowledge management and digital and physical infrastructure.
Consultancy work can help organisations with strategy development and review, organisational planning and review of systems, services, information and data management to inform investment priorities and future development. Jisc consultancy around digital transformation helps to explore and address factors such as organisational culture, digital leadership, digital capability and wellbeing, helping to create the conditions for sustainable change and enhanced business outcomes.
This work will align with our Framework for digital transformation in higher education. Our digital transformation toolkit provides further details.
Lot 2: Research & Innovation
Digital and data research infrastructure strategy and operational development in higher education and publicly funded research and related partnerships across sectors.
Research management strategy and operational development in higher education and publicly funded research and related partnerships across sectors.
Scholarly communications in higher education and publicly funded research and related partnerships across sectors.
The Supplier must meet all of the requirements for general questions, all of the requirements for at least one specialism, and pass the interview stage.
Any future procurement will be conducted in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 and advertised via Jisc's e-procurement systems. Suppliers should ensure they are registered on the Jisc portal: https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=JISC. (https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=JISC.)
If you wish to discuss how the service works or see if it would be a good fit, please email consultancy@jisc.ac.uk.
We will be looking to hold a briefing session in early September ahead of the ITT publication date.
Estimated date of publication of contract notice: 2026-09-18T23:59:59+01:00
Contract location: UK
Engagement process description
Any questions on suitability and how our consultancy service works should be emailed to consultancy@jisc.ac.uk.
Any future procurement will be conducted in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 and advertised via Jisc's e-procurement systems. Suppliers should ensure they are registered on the Jisc portal: https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=JISC.
Lot: 1
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: En