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The university is conducting a pre-market engagement exercise to understand the capability available in the market for delivering a CCTV Review, Technical Design and Video Management System (VMS) Options Appraisal across the estate. This RFI is not a call for competition or an Invitation to Tender. It is a market intelligence and indicative pricing exercise. Responses will be used to inform LJMU's procurement planning and to support the justification of a budget allocation for this work. Submission of a response does not guarantee inclusion in any subsequent formal procurement process. Please obtain document and submit your RFI through https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ljmu/aspx/Home

LJMU Estate Development and Campus Services Teams manage waste disposal and recycling services as part of the service portfolio offering. As a result of increasing waste segregation and simpler recycling initiatives, there are several high and low volume materials that vary in terms of tonnage and value. Segregation is also likely to create several niche or low-level volumes of materials. A list of waste produced is included in this RFI and it is expected that specific lots will be considered as part of the tender process. Pre-market engagement is necessary to understand: • relevant capacity and capability of service. • the extent of directly managed vs subcontracted waste management provision. • how waste is collected, weighed and segregated to maximise the potential for recycling; and re-use, and reduce waste to fuel (RDF) output. • Social and engagement benefits.

LJMU wants to run a high profile Out-of-Home advertising campaign to raise the profile and build the reputation of LJMU within the Liverpool city region and beyond. Primarily we would like premium sites on key arterial routes into Liverpool City Centre. We are looking for someone who knows the area well and can plan a campaign to provide the optimum visibility within the available budget. We are also looking for someone who can potentially add value by offering alternative advertising opportunities over and above regular billboards. Period for adverts - March - July 2025 Additional information: We are unable to respond to any direct emails

This RFI outlines the requirements for the provision of expert instructors/trainers with the capability and accredited expertise to develop and deliver in accordance with the requirements stated within this RFI, the specified bespoke short course programmes and assist in simulator or other research or commercial projects. Additional information: The main point of contact for the duration of this exercise is: Intend Host - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ljmu/aspx/Home. LJMU require a completed RFI by the closing date of 28/10/24. This will enable us to understand and engage the market for these requirements. Any queries, please submit via In-tend - Clarifications menu.

LJMU requires a provider that can design, print, deliver and build exhibition stands. This must include: • Guaranteed sustainable long lasting equipment providing flexible stand layouts • Internal printing of graphics in order to immediately replace graphics that become damaged at events • Storage, transportation, installation and breakdown of stands • Health and Safety procedures, risk assessments and method statements • Time sensitive builds to ensure stands are fully installed in advance of the event open time • Installation teams experienced at working at the variety of venues utilised by UCAS and UK University Search 

This is a Request for Information. Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) is carrying out market research to gauge the marketplace for provision of Transactional Banking Services. Please do not use the contact details below, but In-tend - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ljmu/aspx/Home in order to access and respond to the RFI and the In-tend correspondence function should you need to seek clarification on the RFI.

LJMU is carrying out early market engagement for the provision of external audit services. Additional information: Please use the link above to access the document, request clarification and return your submission.

Liverpool John Moores University ("LJMU") is conducting market research in order to understand student recruitment services, with the aim to deliver significant growth to international foundation, international year one, pre-master and pre-sessional programmes. This is to support LJMU's strategic ambition to grow and diversify its international student body - in line with the LJMU Strategy 2030 Our Aims LJMU is looking for information on which pathway programmes are currently being offered to international students, duration of the programmes and main feeder markets. In addition, information is being sought on how current providers are working with institutions including the sponsor licence for the student's studies in the UK. Additional information: Please register on In-tend to access the documents https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ljmu/aspx/Home Please do not make direct access with the buyer either via email of tel call. We will not respond unless you place any queries via In-tend

LJMU are conducting a market research exercise for the following requirement: A. Introduction In line with the service mission "To provide a safe and secure Campus for all students, staff and visitors the University is looking to introduce a formalised agreement with a security integrator. There are several solutions all currently working independent of each other, and the vision is to work towards a holistic integrated security eco system. Additional information: This is not a tender exercise it is a market research process. To register for the documents please register on In-tend https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ljmu/aspx/Home. Please do not make direct contact with the buyer via telephone or email , all queries must be place via In-tend

This is a request for information to enable LJMU to explore the capabilities of the market, this is NOT a Tender exercise. Careers Management Platform: Careers and Employability management features: 1. Organisations and Opportunities: Employer profile and vacancy management, upload of information and job posting, API to reputable and relevant source of student internships, placements and graduate vacancies, ability for employers to import own jobs and generate automated emails. The university is interested in bringing in an advanced product that can help students with low social capital access employers and opportunities and is particularly interested in how careers management systems would help drive this. 2. Appointment scheduling and booking; careers and employability and business advice appointment scheduled in an easy to use manner allowing for a range of different timed/themed appointments to be offered to students and graduates. A high percentage of students have received no or little careers intervention from previous education institutions and the university is interested in how a new solution would support early engagement of students. 3. Careers Fair and Event management, ability to create, manage and promote both university and external events to students and graduates, with generated emails and reporting functionality. Ability to host booking and delivery of webinars in platform. As student demographics change the university is interested in offering a range of in-person and on-demand features for students through 'just in time' and personalisation and is interested in how a new solutions would aid this. 4. AI products: provide or the ability to integrate with range of careers products including AI CV Builders, AI interview tools and psychometric testing. The university is interested in seeing innovative approaches to careers and employability support balancing the potential risk of bias in AI led programme and is interested in how new solutions would drive innovation whilst protecting authentic experiences for students and graduates. 5. Offer bespoke information for course specific students and student/graduate offer and based on preferences in user profile. Ability to upload both platform generated advice content and LJMU authored content. 6. Ability to create pathways for student application processes and careers and employability/start up content as asynchronous tools. 7. Ability to send user targeted marketing emails/newsletters in system 8. Ability to raise queries/'help me' requests whilst in the solution Additional information: The Request for Information document is loaded on our In-tend portal. Please access the documents by registering on In-tend . Please do not make direct contact with the buyer, as we will not respond.

LJMU are conducting market research for this requirement, this is not a tender exercise it is a request for information. LJMU offers an external confidential counselling provision to staff where a need is identified. The purpose of providing a counselling provision is to support the emotional and mental wellbeing of our staff; reduce sickness absence and create a more healthy, resilient and productive workforce. Requests for referrals to counselling may be made direct to HR by the individual or through their line manager or following an Occupational Health recommendation. The provision of an external counselling service for staff forms a small part of the wider wellbeing provision and EAP that we offer at LJMU. Due to the confidential and sensitive nature of the provision, feedback is not sought formally, but anecdotal feedback from individuals has always been very positive with some staff requesting re-referrals at a later date. This service is currently provided by two external local companies, MCTC (Mersey Counselling and Therapy Centre) and Counselling Connections and they both offer a combination of in person and on-line appointments according to the individuals preference, this currently ranges from 50 - 70% choosing on-line. Additional information: This is a request for information exercise, it is not a tender process. Please register on In-tend to access the documents - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ljmu/aspx/Home Please submit all queries via In-tend, and do not make direct contact with the Buyer via email , as we will not respond

The Requirement The rapid adoption of an online modality of teaching and assessment that was universally adopted because of the COVID19 pandemic in 2020 has caused a transformation that appears to be persisting in some domains. One of the key areas in which this phenomenon is holding and proving to be problematic is in the space of online exams. There has been a notable increase in the delivery of exams using Canvas in recent years, with over 1500 taking place last year. Many of these are either unsecured online test using the Canvas quiz tool; others are assignments released and provided with an extended time window for completion. Some of the key issues identified in the present use of online exams at LJMU are. • Marked rise in online exam frequency. • Unsupervised, time-limited online exams with inadequate security measures. • Extended completion periods may exacerbate student anxiety and inequity concerns. • High costs associated with in-person exam resources and logistics. • Considerable organizational efforts invested in academic misconduct investigations. • Current online exam management strategies are expensive and not fully secure. • Generative AI technologies present significant sector-wide challenges. • Real risk of damage to institutional reputation. Additionally, there are a number of Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Bodies (PSRBs) who have an interest in ensuring online exams are conducted to standards of information security. Additional information: LJMU are researching the market for this requirement. This is not a tender exercise. Please do not make contact with the buyer via email , all queries must be submitted via the In-tend portal. We will not respond to emails

The Requirement The University is seeking to procure a cloud-based Enterprise Service Management (ESM) solution to facilitate the management of all aspects of service to staff, students and external partners, beginning with existing users (>400) of our current system in the first instance, but extending to other parts of the university in the near future. All staff and students will need access to the customer facing portal. We will also need to offer guest access to external enquirers including alumni, prospective students and contacts in other organisations such as the local council and other government or higher education authorities. We want to expand existing good practice in service management from IT Services to reach across all service areas, resulting in a consistent and easy to access support experience for all services. A licensing model that easily accommodates changes in the 'analyst' population such as expansion into further areas of the university and frequent staffing changes, without onerous administration or frequent changes to cost or contract, is therefore essential. Easy to configure workflows, forms and a modern flexible and brandable self-service interface are essential, to bring together multiple support teams in a single portal, that works easily on all common fixed and mobile device platforms. We want to digitize and automate as many common processes as possible, integrating with other key systems, including but not limited to Microsoft Teams, Microsoft SCCM/Endpoint Manager, Microsoft Azure AD and our inhouse Identify management solution, though we may also wish to integrate with our Oracle E-Business Suite and PeopleSoft Campus Solutions in future as we develop capability. We are keen to introduce chat as a channel to log tickets and communicate with our customers about work in progress, so the solution must have a chat interface and chatbot capability, ideally with the option to present as a channel or app within Microsoft Teams. We also want to manage our extensive infrastructure estate in a comprehensive configuration management database (CMDB) linked to our existing discovery tools.

LJMU have a requirement to replace an aging core of 10x Cisco routers. It is recognized that decisions made here need to take into consideration the distribution and edge tiers of the network as well as security and management. This document invites suppliers to engage with LJMU to outline a strategy & roadmap to include the core, distribution, wired & wireless edge, security & monitoring. The output of this engagement will lead to a competitive procurement process.

The Middle East and North African (MENA) region faces significant challenges related to high unemployment rates. A research team, led by Moustafa Haj Youssef at Liverpool John Moores University, is embarking on a comprehensive survey project to create a unique dataset focused on labor market trends and business ownership in the MENA region. The study will encompass six countries: Egypt, Jordan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates. The dataset will include a wealth of information on various socio-economic and demographic attributes of individuals, such as age, education, income, marital status, labor market outcomes, household characteristics, and parental background. Additionally, the survey will delve into respondents' work experiences, offering insights not readily available in other MENA region datasets. A section of the survey will also explore respondents' personality traits and their sense of agency in their lives, contributing valuable data that is scarce not only in the MENA region but in many other regions as well. This project aims to categorise workers into different groups, including self-employed and paid workers. Researchers plan to analyse the socio-economic and demographic characteristics of each group while considering the influence of cultural, social, religious, and institutional factors unique to the countries under study. The project will also distinguish between "sustained self-employed" and "dabblers self-employed," a differentiation not previously explored in the MENA region. Furthermore, the research team intends to estimate the returns to education for various worker groups and capture the diversity of responses to the COVID-19 pandemic among these groups.

LJMU are conducting market research for Accessibility Software Therefore we request companies with the capability we require completed the Request For Information Document The new Digital Accessibility Regulations became law in September 2018: Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. These regulations are designed to improve access to Further and Higher Education and contribute to the Government's ambition to close disability attainment and progression gaps. Public Sector websites and mobile applications are required to comply with the international accessibility standard across a timeframe, with an end date of 23 September 2020. Institutions have an expectation to meet the international Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA accessibility standard. The University is seeking to procure an accessibility software solution - Cloud Based. The aim of the is to address issues around equal access to digital content, with specific emphasis on supporting students with disabilities, and in addition to this, the development of staff around digital accessibility. Developing institutional practice in this area is key to change management, and a system such as this will provide continual opportunities for staff to adapt, create accessible content and learn through that process. The University seeks a solution which will enable the institution to provide exceptional opportunities for online learning. Further information regarding our requirement can be accessed via In-tend host - link further on in this notice Additional information: Please register on In-tend , you can access the RFI document from there Please do not make direct contact with the Buyer

LJMU are looking to go out to tender for an online training materials provider for PRINCE2 Foundation, for approximately 100 postgraduate students annually. The supplier must be able to provide the following: - Full access to teaching/learning materials - Foundation exam and certificate - Lifetime access to PRINCE2 documents for both students and staff - All materials must be electronic/online Before we issue an ITT, we would like to gain an understanding of the appetite for this requirement, including the breadth of suitable suppliers and any other information we may not be aware of before going out to tender. Please see the attached document for more information.

LJMU have proposed that a provider should deliver mandatory training for all students, and that this should include training for potential witnesses to raise awareness of and prevent sexual misconduct; this is known as 'bystander training'. This training should be underpinned by credible evidence and evaluation which demonstrates measurable changes in attitudes and behaviours as a result of the training. Given the complexity of these issues, we would expect there to be an appropriate amount of time dedicated to mandatory training as well as an opportunity for attendees to ask questions. For example, a short online session at the beginning of a student's higher education career that does not allow for questions and discussion, is unlikely to be sufficient to meet our proposed requirements We have placed this notice to understand the market and the capabilities Additional information: The completed RFI must be submitted by 5pm on 10th July - all information is within the document attached to this notice

LJMU wish to understand the market and it's capabilities for the delivery of SQ1 materials and online learning portal Therefore we have issued a request for information , of which we require capable companies to submit to enable us to plan the tender

LJMU wish to offer the C1 driving category to our Paramedics students The C1 allows the driving of ambulances Additional information: Please email Kathryn Houghton - email address on this notice, stating if you are able to offer this training, with a brief outline of your business, and indicative costs for 50 students