---
title: "008064 - Post 16 Learning Management Information System (2024)"
ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-21943389-074a-47d0-9ce7-852855170982"
canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-21943389-074a-47d0-9ce7-852855170982"
markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-21943389-074a-47d0-9ce7-852855170982.md"
json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-21943389-074a-47d0-9ce7-852855170982.json"
source: "Contracts Finder"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL"
published: "2024-12-09"
---

# 008064 - Post 16 Learning Management Information System (2024)

Buyer: NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-21943389-074a-47d0-9ce7-852855170982

[View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-21943389-074a-47d0-9ce7-852855170982)  
[Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-21943389-074a-47d0-9ce7-852855170982.json)

## Summary

Newcastle City Council has awarded a contract for a Post 16 Learning Management Information System (MIS) to Education Software Solutions Limited. This procurement, classified under IT services including consulting, software development, Internet and support, concluded with the award stage on 11 November 2024. The awarded value of the contract is £206,937.03, and it will run from 1 December 2024 to 30 November 2027. The MIS solution is expected to be fully implemented and go live by May 2025, ensuring it is compliant with ESFA data requirements and capable of generating accurate reports for statutory returns and various data requests.

This procurement process presents significant business growth opportunities, particularly for companies specialising in educational software solutions and IT services. SMEs and VCSEs with capabilities in delivering comprehensive MIS solutions that meet dynamic and intuitive data management and reporting standards will find this contract beneficial. The awarded contract demonstrates the potential for collaboration with local authorities like Newcastle City Council, ensuring credible and robust data management for educational institutions.

## Notice

Newcastle City Council (NCC) has a requirement for a Post 16 Learning Management Information System (MIS). NCC anticipates the Contract to be awarded by the end of November 2024 and Solution to be fully implemented with Go-Live by May 2025. NCC is seeking Tender Responses from providers that have a commercially available, fully functional Solution able to provide a Post 16 learning sector management information system. The solution should be dynamic, intuitive, and fully compliant with ESFA data recording, reporting and management requirements. This Solution should administer, document, track, report and deliver precise data reports to enable Newcastle City Learning to provide accurate and credible ILR reports, Ofsted data and bespoke data reports from all Newcastle City Learning's provision. The management of the Solution will have strong central governance to ensure consistency in use, which is required to provide robust management information. This will be used to inform statutory returns and submissions to the funding body: Education Skills Funding Agency. Data reports will also be supplied to Ofsted, Newcastle City Learning's Advisory Board and other bodies on request. Documents can be accessed free of charge at www.NEPO.org

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9586d6cd-b31e-4252-87af-cb82faef587a |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 9 Dec 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 20 Aug 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 11 Nov 2024 |
| Contract period | 1 Dec 2024 - 30 Nov 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £200,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £206,937 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE |
| Post town | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Postcode | NE1 8QH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear |
| ITL 3 | TLC43 Tyneside |
| Local authority | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Electoral ward | Monument |
| Westminster constituency | Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | EDUCATION SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

## Release History

- 9 Dec 2024 at 10:35 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9586d6cd-b31e-4252-87af-cb82faef587a
- 5 Aug 2024 at 08:33 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e86de720-a9d3-4625-adca-e1c9f31e585b

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9586d6cd-b31e-4252-87af-cb82faef587a
  9th December 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e86de720-a9d3-4625-adca-e1c9f31e585b
  5th August 2024 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder

## Provenance

This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-21943389-074a-47d0-9ce7-852855170982. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-21943389-074a-47d0-9ce7-852855170982.json.