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title: "Attendance Monitoring in Schools"
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# Attendance Monitoring in Schools

Buyer: Cheshire West and Chester Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-80904e73-e8b7-47cd-942d-2bf879c2b5ef

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## Summary

Cheshire West and Chester Borough Council procured attendance monitoring in schools, described as Welfare Call Group. The requirement falls within software packages and information systems, with the main category being services. Delivery is in England. The council is based at The Portal in Ellesmere Port and is the organisation purchasing the service. The opportunity is relevant to suppliers providing attendance-monitoring technology, school information systems or related welfare-call services. It may also suit businesses that combine software with operational support for schools, particularly smaller enterprises and voluntary, community or social enterprise organisations. The requirement is focused on monitoring attendance and the associated welfare-call activity, rather than general education technology or unrelated school services.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded. The contract was awarded to Welfare Call on 28 August 2026 for £76,760 including the stated currency of GBP. The contract period runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2028. The tender submission deadline was 21 August 2026 at 09:00. The procurement method is recorded as “Other”. The award is active. The contracting process covered one requirement rather than separately identified lots. Businesses assessing the outcome should treat Welfare Call as the selected supplier and the published award value as the value of this award. The procurement was conducted as a services requirement for attendance monitoring in schools.

This award provides a clear example of Cheshire West and Chester Borough Council’s demand for school attendance-monitoring technology and welfare-call provision. A future competitor would need a reliable software platform capable of supporting attendance information and the related welfare activity for schools in England. The requirement is suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations, so a smaller specialist provider can be commercially relevant if it can demonstrate dependable delivery at comparable public-sector scale. Strong prospects would include suppliers with established school-sector systems, practical processes for responding to attendance concerns, secure handling of education data and the operational capacity to support the council throughout the service period.

## Notice

Welfare Call Group

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/263c0875-30e6-4a83-9cd0-79816aca7aa2 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Other - |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 28 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £76,760 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £76,760 |
| 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 | Cheshire West and Chester Council |
| Locality | ELLESMERE PORT |
| Postcode area | Chester |
| Postcode | CH65 0BA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD6 Cheshire |
| ITL 3 | TLD63 Cheshire West and Chester |
| Local authority | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Electoral ward | Central & Grange |
| Westminster constituency | Ellesmere Port and Bromborough |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Welfare Call |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems

## Release History

- 7 Sep 2026 at 14:14 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/263c0875-30e6-4a83-9cd0-79816aca7aa2

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/263c0875-30e6-4a83-9cd0-79816aca7aa2
  7th September 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- http://www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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