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title: "Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council Schools Information Management System (SIMS)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-032824"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "BLAENAU GWENT COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL"
published: "2022-03-30"
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# Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council Schools Information Management System (SIMS)

Buyer: BLAENAU GWENT COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-032824

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## Summary

The procurement process, initiated by Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council, involves a tender titled "Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council Schools Information Management System (SIMS)," classified under IT services in the services category. This procurement is effectively complete with the contract signed on 29th March 2022, transitioning from a perpetual licensing model to a software as a service model directly with individual schools in the local authority's area. The contract duration is set for 36 months, covering areas in the UKL16 region, and is executed through a limited procurement method without prior publication of a competitive tender notice.

This tender opens up significant opportunities for businesses specialising in IT services, particularly those offering software development and support services. Companies that can provide tailored software solutions for educational institutions, particularly those equipped to handle a transition to a service-based model, would be well-positioned to compete. With contract values ranging from £767 to £28,226, and a potential to service multiple schools, this represents a robust growth platform for businesses in the education technology sector.

## Notice

Transition from existing contractual model of perpetual licence of SIMS to local authority with associated support services, to software as a service model contracting directly with individual schools to provide SIMS and associated support services

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Prior to the award of these contracts, the current provider -ESS- had a contract with the local authority under which it provided a perpetual licence to the local authority for the purpose of providing SIMS to the schools in the local authority's area, with associated support services. ESS has now served notice to terminate that contract and requires that, in order to continue provision of SIMS, individual schools must enter into direct contracts with ESS to receive SIMS as software as a service. In order to bring about the transition, the local authority will enter into a Facilitation Agreement "FA" with ESS under which nothing of value is received by ESS and no material services are provided to the local authority; it is purely an administrative arrangement to effect the transition. Each school in the local authority's area will enter into a School Contract "SC" with ESS for the direct provision of SIMS as software as a service, at substantially the same cost as before. The highest value SC over the 3 year contract term is 28226GBP and the lowest value SC is 767GBP. The schools in the local authority's area whose governing bodies will enter into contracts with ESS are as follows: - Abertillery Learning Community - All Saints RC Primary School - Beaufort Hill Primary School - Blaen-y-Cwm Primary School - Bryn Bach Primary School - Brynmawr Foundation School - Coed-y-Garn Primary School - Cwm Primary School - Deighton Primary School - Ebbw Fawr Learning Community - Georgetown Primary School - Glanhowy Primary School - Glyncoed Primary School - Pen-y-Cwm Special School - Rhos-y-Fedwen Primary School - River Centre 3-16 Learning Community - Swffryd Primary School - St Illtyds Primary School - St Josephs RC Primary School - St Marys Church Primary School - St Marys RC Primary School - Tredegar Comprehensive School - Willowtown Primary School - Ysgol Gymraeg Brohelyg - Ystruth Primary School The local authority publishes this notice on behalf of itself and the schools listed above but is not acting as a central purchasing body on behalf of the schools. Additional information: Contract duration: 36 months The FA has no value Individual School Contracts have a value between 28226GBP and 767GBP

### Procurement Information

This contract award notice is published on a wholly voluntary basis and without prejudice to the local authority's and the governing body of each individual school's position that no prior publication of a contract notice, and thus no competitive tender exercise, was required in respect of the Facilitation Agreement (FA) and/or the individual Schools Contracts (SC). Neither the local authority nor the governing body of any of the schools listed above accepts that the FA and/or the individual SCs are within the scope of application of Part 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008585-2022 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 30 Mar 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 28 Mar 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | BLAENAU GWENT COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL |
| Locality | EBBW VALE |
| Post town | Newport |
| Postcode | NP23 6DB |
| Country | Wales |
| ITL 1 | TLL Wales |
| ITL 2 | TLL5 South East Wales |
| ITL 3 | TLL53 Gwent Valleys |
| Local authority | Blaenau Gwent |
| Electoral ward | Ebbw Vale South |
| Westminster constituency | Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney |
| Delivery location | TLL16 Gwent Valleys |

## 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
- 72260000 - Software-related services
- 72261000 - Software support services
- 72300000 - Data services
- 72310000 - Data-processing services
- 72320000 - Database services

## Release History

- 30 Mar 2022 at 14:45 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008585-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk/
- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0278

## Provenance

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