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SOL Attendance Monitoring Service (Virtual School) 2025

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

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21 Aug 2026 at 12:41

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council procured an attendance monitoring service for its Virtual School. The requirement is to collect attendance data for children looked after across early years, statutory school-age and post-16 cohorts where attendance data is available. Information is provided through a secure online platform, so relevant suppliers are providers of attendance-monitoring, education-data or secure case-management software and associated services. The service is delivered for Solihull, within the council’s area. The procurement is categorised as a software package and information system. The buyer is Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, a sub-central public authority. The requirement covers one complete lot and is intended to support monitoring of attendance for looked-after children across the specified education cohorts.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to WELFARE CALL (LAC) LTD. The award date is 22 July 2025, when the contract was signed. The contract runs from 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2027, with an option to extend for up to two further years, to 31 August 2029. The awarded contract value is £165,250 excluding tax and £198,300 including tax; the published total including extensions is £165,250.80. The council used a direct award below threshold without competition through the G-Cloud 14 Framework (RM1557.14). The contract includes options where cohort numbers increase by more than 10%. One lot was awarded, and the selected supplier is WELFARE CALL (LAC) LTD.

This procurement indicates demand from Solihull for a specialist, secure online service that collects and manages attendance information for children looked after across early years, school-age and post-16 education. A credible future competitor would need software capable of handling education attendance data securely, supporting multiple cohorts and presenting information in a form that a Virtual School can use for monitoring and oversight. Experience with children looked after, local-authority education services or comparable safeguarding-sensitive data environments would strengthen a supplier’s position. Suppliers should also understand the operational requirements of gathering available attendance data across different education settings and maintaining reliable access for council users. Framework route capability is commercially relevant because this requirement was awarded through G-Cloud 14.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

SOL Attendance Monitoring Service (Virtual School) 2025

Notice Description

Solihull Council has awarded a contract for the collection of attendance data for Children Looked After within the early years, statutory school age and post 16 cohorts with available attendance data via a secure online platform. The total value of the contract including extensions is PS165250.80. The contract start date is 1 September 2025. The contract term is 2 years with the option to extend up to a further 2 years. The contract was awarded via G-Cloud 14 Framework RM1557.14.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e98f
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079896-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

CPV Codes

48000000 - Software package and information systems

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£165,250 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
21 Aug 20265 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
22 Jul 20251 years ago
Contract Period
1 Sep 2025 - 31 Aug 2027 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
SOLIHULL
Postcode
B91 3QB
Postcode Area
Birmingham
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG32 Solihull
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Solihull
Electoral Ward
St Alphege
Westminster Constituency
Solihull West and Shirley

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

WELFARE CALL (LAC) LTD

Further Information

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