[Moodle] Release of the Ultranet Request for Tender

[victor rajewski]

It's a selective tender between "Blackboard Australia Pty Ltd,
Desire2Learn Incorporated, Microsoft Australia, Oracle, and RM
Asia-Pacific". Good god I hope it isn't Microsoft (for obvious
reasons) or Blackboard (who have made the worst e-learning software
I've ever come across, and even tried to patent the concept of an
LMS). Oracle is respectable expect for having no noticeable background
in education. And I haven't heard of the other two.

Blah.

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 9:39 PM, Walker, Kristian L
<walker.kristian.l at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:
> The tender document is not a public document.  We can't find it.
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> From: moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> On Behalf Of Stephen Digby
> Sent: Tuesday, 18 November 2008 9:03 PM
> To: The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List
> Subject: [Moodle] Release of the Ultranet Request for Tender
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> Not sure where to find the documents that describe the tender !???
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> Subject:              B042-2008 DEECD MAIL Bulletin for week ending November
> 21, 2008
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> Department of Education and Early Childhood Development – Victoria
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> For all school, central and regional staff
>
> S427-2008 Release of the Ultranet Request for Tender
>
> Main Points
>
> ·         The Department has released a selective Request for Tender (RFT)
> for the Ultranet today.
>
> ·         The RFT includes revised Specifications focused on the key
> Government priorities of teaching and learning management and a parent
> portal.
>
> Actions Required
>
> ·         If you receive an enquiry about the Ultranet project please
> redirect the query to the Ultranet Project Team: ultranet at edumail.vic.gov.au
> or Anthea Hastie  on 9651 0263
>
> Additional Information
>
> ·         The Ultranet was announced in Labor's Financial Statement 2006 as
> a
> $60.5 million TEI project for Victorian government schools.
>
> ·         The Ultranet is a student centred electronic learning environment
> that supports high quality learning and teaching, connects students,
> teachers and parents and enables efficient knowledge transfer.
>
> ·         The Ultranet will:
>
> o   Improve responsiveness to individual learning needs;
>
> o   Provide better information to parents, the school system and Government;
>
> o   Improve efficiency of the learning environment and school
> administration;
>
> o   Adopt an enterprise approach to intranet development; and
>
> o   Exploit previous ICT investments.
>
> ·         The Department is confident that there is sufficient expertise and
> interest in the market to deliver the project within the original budget of
> $60.5 million TEI and by
> Quarter 3, 2010.
>
> ·         An independent market sounding exercise has informed the decision
> to release the RFT to five software vendors through a selective tender
> process.  The five vendors are Blackboard Australia Pty Ltd, Desire2Learn
> Incorporated, Microsoft Australia, Oracle, and RM Asia-Pacific.
>
> ·         The market sounding exercise and selective tender process meet
> Victorian government probity requirements.
>
>
>
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> Deputy Secretary
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> Office for Resources and Infrastructure                    Office for
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