RFT - UTS Virtual Laboratory Solution

⁠⁠⁠UTS seeks a Virtual Laboratory (Virtual Lab) Solution to address UTS's need for a scalable and cost-efficient cloud computing solution for course delivery in virtual classroom scenarios. The project seeks to enable students to access software and virtual hardware resources remotely using either UTS-provided, or BYOD devices, to supplement or replace physical labs as necessary, provide students with new computer lab experiences and to establish foundational virtual lab platforms and operational processes that can adapt to evolving needs.

UTS defines a "Virtual Lab" as a grouping of cloud-hosted virtual machines with the same operating system, software and access configuration which is to be provided to students in a subject or group of subjects, akin to the environment available in a physical computer lab.

Initially, Virtual Lab solutions were implemented to meet the acute needs of some areas within the Faculty of Engineering and IT (FEIT), where the compute requirements were beyond what was available in physical labs. A number of primary platforms were deployed for trialling and development purposes, however UTS now seeks one unified platform.

ENQUIRIES: Enquiries should be made via the online forum within the etender portal. Enquiries for this tender close at 16:00 AEDT on Wednesday 4th March 2026. UTS staff are unable to respond to verbal or email enquiries in relation to this Tender.

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS: Completed responses are to be submitted via the electronic tender box. Respondents will receive a Successful Submission Receipt timed and dated upon completion. 

UTS is not bound to accept the lowest priced tender or all or any part of a submission and reserves the right to conduct the Request for Tender process and select the successful respondent(s) as it sees fit. Late, verbal, faxed, mailed, or emailed submissions will not be accepted.