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Attendance monitoring for statutory school age pupils attending Milton Keynes settings

Milton Keynes City Council

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15 Sep 2026 at 10:38

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Summary of the contracting process

Milton Keynes Council procured an attendance-monitoring service for children of statutory school age attending settings across Milton Keynes. The service supports monitoring of pupil attendance and is used across several Children’s Services teams, including Access and Sufficiency, Education Outcomes, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, and Children’s Social Care. It is a service procurement involving educational software, classified under CPV 48190000. The requirement is relevant to suppliers providing software or managed services for school attendance tracking, monitoring and reporting, particularly where information needs to support multiple council teams. The work is for Milton Keynes Council and relates to attendance across Milton Keynes educational settings.

This procurement has been completed and awarded. Milton Keynes Council used a selective call-off from a framework agreement. The contract was awarded to Studybugs Ltd on 9 September 2026 for £105,000 including the stated currency of GBP. The contract period runs from 13 October 2026 to 12 October 2028. The tender submission deadline was 9 September 2026 at 5pm. The requirement was identified as a services contract, with suitability for small and medium-sized enterprises. Studybugs Ltd is the sole named supplier and the award is active. The procurement’s stated classification is educational software, supporting a technology-based attendance-monitoring solution.

Although this contract has already been awarded, it demonstrates demand from Milton Keynes Council for a specialist attendance-monitoring solution serving statutory school-age pupils. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need software capable of supporting attendance oversight across Milton Keynes settings and providing useful information to several Children’s Services functions, including education outcomes, special educational needs and disabilities, access and sufficiency, and children’s social care. Suppliers should be able to deliver a dependable service rather than a narrowly isolated school tool, with the ability to support council-wide use and collaboration between teams. The opportunity is suitable for an SME, so a smaller specialist education-software or attendance-services provider could be well placed to compete when this requirement returns.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Attendance monitoring for statutory school age pupils attending Milton Keynes settings

Notice Description

The monitoring of attendance for children of statutory school age across Milton Keynes has been utilised widely across multiple teams in Children's Services (including Access and Sufficiency, Education Outcomes, SEND and Children's Social Care).

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-9992eb98-facd-434c-90d2-7ca4329b5d9c
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/df71c5de-3fbe-470d-bd65-5684e6bf880e
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Call-off from a framework agreement
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

CPV Codes

48190000 - Educational software package

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£105,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£105,000 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
15 Sep 2026Yesterday
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
9 Sep 20261 weeks ago
Contract Period
13 Oct 2026 - 12 Oct 2028 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Milton Keynes City Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
MILTON KEYNES
Postcode
MK9 3EJ
Postcode Area
Milton Keynes
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ12 Milton Keynes
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Milton Keynes
Electoral Ward
Central Milton Keynes
Westminster Constituency
Milton Keynes Central

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

STUDYBUGS LIMITED

Further Information

Notice Documents

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