De-risking UK Higher Education Systems and Software Procurement
An end-to-end, evidence-based procurement platform engineered specifically for university systems
From a free capability assessment aligned to UCISA HERM through to business case development, tendering, and delivery assurance, take control of your institutional software procurement lifecycle.
The Complete HE Procurement Lifecycle, At a Glance
Traditional university software procurement is slow, fragmented, and prone to risk. The FHE Procurement Platform unifies the entire journey into a structured framework, giving institutional leaders total visibility from initial capability scoping out to long-term benefit tracking.
The 5-Stage Lifecycle Features
Capability Assessment
Evaluate your existing digital estate with complete confidence. Score 21 core systems across 165 UCISA HERM capabilities using a free, evidence-based framework designed to expose immediate operational gaps.
Requirements Justification
Stop building unstructured specifications. Seamlessly translate your capability assessment basket into a robust, structured requirements catalogue ready for institutional sign-off and business case justification.
Tendering
Streamline vendor selection without the compliance headache. Issue formal Requests for Proposals (RFPs), coordinate internal evaluation panels, and score vendor submissions utilizing custom MAT (Most Advantageous Tender) weightings.
Award
Transition seamlessly into formal contract finalisation. Safely record your final procurement decisions, publish mandatory notices, and manage the statutory standstill period within a structured audit trail.
Delivery & Assurance
Ensure your capital investments actually deliver. Track critical implementation milestones, manage deployment risks, and systematically audit whether the projected institutional benefits successfully landed.
Built for University Governance & Compliance
Higher education procurement demands ironclad compliance and data integrity. The FHE Procurement Platform provides absolute tenant isolation, ensuring your institutional requirements, scoring rubrics, and tender data remain completely secure and segregated. Built natively to support UK university standards and UCISA frameworks, it removes the guesswork from complex digital transformation projects.
Ready to modernise your procurement?
Access our suite of evidence-based procurement tools today. Start evaluating your digital estate against the UCISA HERM framework for free.