Notice Information
Notice Title
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council Schools Information Management System (SIMS)
Notice Description
Transition from existing contractual model of perpetual licence of SIMS to local authority with associated support services, to software as a service model contracting directly with individual schools to provide SIMS and associated support services
Lot Information
Lot 1
Prior to the award of these contracts, the current provider -ESS- had a contract with the local authority under which it provided a perpetual licence to the local authority for the purpose of providing SIMS to the schools in the local authority's area, with associated support services. ESS has now served notice to terminate that contract and requires that, in order to continue provision of SIMS, individual schools must enter into direct contracts with ESS to receive SIMS as software as a service. In order to bring about the transition, the local authority will enter into a Facilitation Agreement "FA" with ESS under which nothing of value is received by ESS and no material services are provided to the local authority; it is purely an administrative arrangement to effect the transition. Each school in the local authority's area will enter into a School Contract "SC" with ESS for the direct provision of SIMS as software as a service, at substantially the same cost as before. The highest value SC over the 3 year contract term is 28226GBP and the lowest value SC is 767GBP. The schools in the local authority's area whose governing bodies will enter into contracts with ESS are as follows: - Abertillery Learning Community - All Saints RC Primary School - Beaufort Hill Primary School - Blaen-y-Cwm Primary School - Bryn Bach Primary School - Brynmawr Foundation School - Coed-y-Garn Primary School - Cwm Primary School - Deighton Primary School - Ebbw Fawr Learning Community - Georgetown Primary School - Glanhowy Primary School - Glyncoed Primary School - Pen-y-Cwm Special School - Rhos-y-Fedwen Primary School - River Centre 3-16 Learning Community - Swffryd Primary School - St Illtyds Primary School - St Josephs RC Primary School - St Marys Church Primary School - St Marys RC Primary School - Tredegar Comprehensive School - Willowtown Primary School - Ysgol Gymraeg Brohelyg - Ystruth Primary School The local authority publishes this notice on behalf of itself and the schools listed above but is not acting as a central purchasing body on behalf of the schools. Additional information: Contract duration: 36 months The FA has no value Individual School Contracts have a value between 28226GBP and 767GBP
Procurement Information
This contract award notice is published on a wholly voluntary basis and without prejudice to the local authority's and the governing body of each individual school's position that no prior publication of a contract notice, and thus no competitive tender exercise, was required in respect of the Facilitation Agreement (FA) and/or the individual Schools Contracts (SC). Neither the local authority nor the governing body of any of the schools listed above accepts that the FA and/or the individual SCs are within the scope of application of Part 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-032824
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008585-2022
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
72260000 - Software-related services
72261000 - Software support services
72300000 - Data services
72310000 - Data-processing services
72320000 - Database services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 30 Mar 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 28 Mar 20223 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BLAENAU GWENT COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Lee Williams
- Contact Email
- lee.williams@blaenau-gwent.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1495311556
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EBBW VALE
- Postcode
- NP23 6DB
- Post Town
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL53 Gwent Valleys
- Delivery Location
- TLL16 Gwent Valleys
-
- Local Authority
- Blaenau Gwent
- Electoral Ward
- Ebbw Vale South
- Westminster Constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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