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Award of Online School Payments

North Lanarkshire Council

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Award

18 Sep 2026 at 16:51

PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award
Summary of the contracting process

North Lanarkshire Council procured an online school payments service for its education operations. The system covers online payments and income management for school meals and school trips, combining payment processing with administration of education-related income. This is a software and information systems service, with an education services element. The buying organisation is North Lanarkshire Council, based in Motherwell, and the service is for the council’s schools and associated education activities. The requirement is therefore relevant to suppliers providing cloud-based payment platforms, school payment administration, education income-management systems or software supporting councils and schools. It is a technology-led service rather than a construction, supply-only or general training requirement, and centres on managing transactions and income connected with meals and trips.

The procurement has been awarded through a direct award to a single supplier without competition. The award was made on 18 September 2026 to CRB Cunninghams Limited for £200,000, inclusive of the stated GBP currency. The award description records that it was made through the Government Commercial Agency’s G-Cloud 14 agreement, reference RM1557.14, Lot 2 for cloud software. The contract is recorded as active. The procurement process began on 10 January 2026. One bid is recorded, consistent with the direct-award route. Evaluation was therefore not conducted through a competitive tender between multiple bidders; the route relied on selection of a supplier under the specified G-Cloud cloud-software arrangement. This was a single-supplier award rather than a multi-lot competition.

This award provides a clear benchmark for suppliers competing for future council requirements for online school payments. A credible competitor would need a functioning cloud software platform that supports secure online payment collection and the management of income from school meals and trips. The service should be usable across school and council education settings, with the operational capability to handle recurring education-related transactions and associated administration. Experience delivering payment or income-management software to public bodies, councils or schools would help demonstrate fit, particularly where the system must support multiple schools and different payment purposes. Suppliers should also understand the expectations of public-sector cloud procurement and be able to offer their service through an appropriate government cloud framework route, as this buyer used a G-Cloud cloud-software lot for the award.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Award of Online School Payments

Notice Description

Provision of an Online School Payments system including income management of school meals and trips.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000842121
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP564847
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
The contract is awarded to a single supplier without competition.
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

80 - Education and training services

CPV Codes

48000000 - Software package and information systems

80000000 - Education and training services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£200,000 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
18 Sep 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
North Lanarkshire Council
Additional Buyers

Argyll and Bute Council

Clackmannanshire Council

Consumer Scotland

Crown Estate Scotland

Dumfries and Galloway Council

Dundee City Council

Fife Council

Moray Council

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Perth & Kinross Council

Redress Scotland

Registers of Scotland

Scottish Borders Housing Association

Scottish Government

The Highland Council

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
MOTHERWELL
Postcode
ML1 1AB
Postcode Area
Motherwell
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM3 West Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM34 North Lanarkshire
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
North Lanarkshire
Electoral Ward
Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig
Westminster Constituency
Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
44
Supplier Names

CRB Cunninghams Limited

NEC Software Solutions UK Limited

FRP Advisory

Mitie

Turner & Townsend

Jump Research

Chase Services Group Ltd

Houlder Limited

IFF Research

Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd

GC Insight Ltd

Amey OW Ltd

Beam Up Ltd

Gemmell & Prout Marine Limited

Venesky Brown Ltd

SKODA UK

HaskoningDHV UK Ltd

William Yule & Son Limited

LEARNING POOL LIMITED

Abbeyfield Kirkcaldy Society Limited

Sanderson Government and Defence

Helpthemove Ltd

George Brown & Sons Engineers (Leith) Limited

VWR International Ltd

WSP UK Limited

Stantec UK Ltd

Galliford Try Construction Ltd

Specialist Computer Centres

8x8 UK Limited

Ipsos MORI

Decathlon UK

Findel Education Ltd

RJM Sports Ltd

Boswell Mitchell & Johnston Ltd

BLAZIE ENGINEERING LIMITED

Storm ID Ltd

McTaggart Construction Ltd

Alliance Disposables Ltd

Bunzl UK Ltd

Instock Disposables Ltd

QA RESEARCH LTD

Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Harper Macleod LLP

Brodies

Further Information

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