Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Student Loans Company Limited · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Oracle Corporation UK Limited
- Value
- £195,000
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Computer platforms (CPV 30211300)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 Jul 2026
- Published24 Jul 2026Published 11 days after the contract date
Description
CLASS is a bespoke system installed by Student Loans Company (SLC) over 25 years ago. It was created using the areas of expertise from the company Oracle and its functionality is unique to SLC. Currently SLC have over 3,400 active users with CLASS logins with an average of over 800 users logging in daily. Historically SLC has followed a like-for-like upgrade cycle which requires regular investment. Following a Discovery exercise undertaken by SLC, the resultant options for the "target state" infrastructure were identified as: 1) Rehost on Cloud 2) On premises upgrade After an independent review the decision was made to rehost on Cloud using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). SLC are therefore sought to procure Class support using the Oracle OCI Platform, manufactured by Oracle Corporation UK Limited (Oracle). The agreement shall run for a minimum of three years and include all relevant support, maintenance and licences.
About the supplier
Oracle Corporation UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01782505).