--- title: "EA Northern Ireland Substitute Teachers Register solution (NISTR) - Market Information Session - 13 October 2021" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02e8ed" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-02e8ed" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-02e8ed.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-02e8ed.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "EDUCATION AUTHORITY NI" published: "2021-10-06" --- # EA Northern Ireland Substitute Teachers Register solution (NISTR) - Market Information Session - 13 October 2021 Buyer: EDUCATION AUTHORITY NI Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02e8ed [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-02e8ed) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-02e8ed.json) ## Summary The Education Authority of Northern Ireland is conducting a market information session for the potential procurement of a Northern Ireland Substitute Teachers Register solution as part of the Education Technology Services (ETS) programme. This initiative aims to enhance the quality and sustainability of education technology services in schools. The session is scheduled for 20th October 2021, and interested organisations must register to participate, with the deadline for attendance requests by email set for the same date. This is an open tender process, with a budget of £4,000,000 allocated for the project that is expected to provide systems for managing substitute teacher registrations and availability. This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses involved in IT services, particularly those specialising in educational software development, database services, and system integration. Companies capable of delivering innovative software solutions that facilitate the registration, management, and communication of qualified teachers will find this session beneficial. With the Education Authority actively seeking market feedback, this is an excellent chance for businesses to engage early and shape the requirements for this essential service in the education sector, potentially leading to long-term partnerships and ongoing contracts. ## Notice ** This is not a tender exercise by the Education Authority ("EA") - This is to advertise a Pre Market Engagement session on 20th October 2021 for a potential procurement for a Northern Ireland Substitute Teachers Register solution - Part of the ETS Programme*** The EA is responsible for the delivery of the Education Technology Services (ETS) programme. The goal of the ETS programme is to ensure ongoing provision of high quality, sustainable, core education technology services to schools to meet the current and future needs of school leaders, teachers and pupils, EA and other key stakeholders (i.e. school governors, parents and Department of Education NI). Through the ETS Programme a number of key systems and services currently in situ will be replaced including the Northern Ireland Substitute Teachers Register (NISTR). The potential requirement is for a system/service to: * Manage the registration of qualified substitute staff, their specialisms and real-time availability; * Enable schools to search, and book suitable accredited, vetted, qualified substitute teachers specific to their needs; * Provide electronic payroll updates to payroll function, and reporting to stakeholders; * Provide effective alerts and communications; * Integration with key systems in the ETS IT estate as well as external third parties; and * Provide a suite of static and dynamic reports. EA would like to invite you to attend a Pre Market Engagement session which is scheduled to take place on 20th October 2021 at 14:00-15:00 (via MS Teams) to provide more detail on our evolving requirements and timescales and most importantly to gain valuable insight and feedback from the market to help inform this project prior to the commencement of a procurement for NISTR. We will also be issuing a Request for Information ("RFI") document including a questionnaire to suppliers who apply to attend the session and seeking written responses from the market. The RFI contains further details about the potential requirement specifically for NISTR. To attend the session please provide the names, business titles and email addresses of a maximum of 2 people from your organisation who would like to attend to ets.procurement@eani.org.uk Please also send any specific questions that you may have before the session to this email address and the NISTR Project Team will endeavour to answer these questions during the session (if appropriate). ### Lot Information Lot 1 ** This is not a tender exercise by the Education Authority ("EA") - This is to advertise a Pre Market Engagement session on 20th October 2021 for a potential procurement for a Northern Ireland Substitute Teachers Register solution - Part of the ETS Programme*** The EA is responsible for the delivery of the Education Technology Services (ETS) programme. The goal of the ETS programme is to ensure ongoing provision of high quality, sustainable, core education technology services to schools to meet the current and future needs of school leaders, teachers and pupils, EA and other key stakeholders (i.e. school governors, parents and Department of Education NI). Through the ETS Programme a number of key systems and services currently in situ will be replaced including the Northern Ireland Substitute Teachers Register (NISTR). The potential requirement is for a system/service to: * Manage the registration of qualified substitute staff, their specialisms and real-time availability; * Enable schools to search, and book suitable accredited, vetted, qualified substitute teachers specific to their needs; * Provide electronic payroll updates to payroll function, and reporting to stakeholders; * Provide effective alerts and communications; * Integration with key systems in the ETS IT estate as well as external third parties; and * Provide a suite of static and dynamic reports. EA would like to invite you to attend a Pre Market Engagement session which is scheduled to take place on 20th October 2021 at 14:00-15:00 (via MS Teams) to provide more detail on our evolving requirements and timescales and most importantly to gain valuable insight and feedback from the market to help inform this project prior to the commencement of a procurement for NISTR. We will also be issuing a Request for Information ("RFI") document including a questionnaire to suppliers who apply to attend the session and seeking written responses from the market. The RFI contains further details about the potential requirement specifically for NISTR. To attend the session please provide the names, business titles and email addresses of a maximum of 2 people from your organisation who would like to attend to ets.procurement@eani.org.uk Please also send any specific questions that you may have before the session to this email address and the NISTR Project Team will endeavour to answer these questions during the session (if appropriate). Renewal: ongoing requirement and will be renewed if the need continues to exist. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024959-2021 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 6 Oct 2021 | | Submission deadline | 20 Oct 2021 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £4,000,000 | | Lots value | £4,000,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | EDUCATION AUTHORITY NI | | Locality | BELFAST | | Post town | Northern Ireland | | Postcode | BT1 2NQ | | Country | Northern Ireland | | ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland | | ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland | | ITL 3 | TLN06 Belfast | | Local authority | Belfast | | Electoral ward | Duncairn | | Westminster constituency | Belfast North | | Delivery location | TLN Northern Ireland | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72212190 - Educational software development services - 72212422 - Software development services suites - 72212517 - IT software development services - 72220000 - Systems and technical consultancy services - 72222300 - Information technology services - 72223000 - Information technology requirements review services - 72224100 - System implementation planning services - 72227000 - Software integration consultancy services - 72230000 - Custom software development services - 72250000 - System and support services - 72253200 - Systems support services - 72263000 - Software implementation services - 72267100 - Maintenance of information technology software - 72268000 - Software supply services - 72320000 - Database services - 72410000 - Provider services - 79990000 - Miscellaneous business-related services ## Release History - 6 Oct 2021 at 18:35 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024959-2021 ## Notice URLs - https://etendersni.gov.uk - https://etendersni.gov.uk/ - https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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