--- title: "Pilot to assess DfE-MIS data exchange for sector insight and policy decisions." ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0603e4" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0603e4" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0603e4.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0603e4.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION" published: "2026-03-26" --- # Pilot to assess DfE-MIS data exchange for sector insight and policy decisions. Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0603e4 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0603e4) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0603e4.json) ## Summary The Department for Education (DfE) is conducting a procurement process titled "Pilot to assess DfE-MIS data exchange for sector insight and policy decisions," classified under database services. The procurement is aimed at planning for substantial data exchanges to inform educational policy and is primarily focused within England. The process is currently in the planning stage, with projected pilots running for approximately 6-12 weeks. The initiative involves engaging multiple Management Information System (MIS) suppliers to explore how increased data flows from MIS systems can enhance the breadth and timeliness of information for policy analysis. Interested parties must note the latest amendment, indicating that this notice has been superseded by a subsequent notice found on the Find a Tender Service. There are significant opportunities for businesses, particularly MIS suppliers active in state-funded schools in England, to collaborate with the DfE. This pilot offers a chance to strengthen relationships and standardise data, providing consistent insights to benefit school sectors. Participating businesses can improve their tools and services while gaining access to near real-time data, thus enhancing their offerings to schools and trusts. Suppliers who can provide a secure API-based connection for continuous data exchanges are well-suited for this tender, potentially enabling actionable benchmarking and insights across various data domains. This engagement promises to support improved educational outcomes and foster innovation in educational data systems. ## Notice The Department for Education is keen to work with multiple MIS suppliers in England and explore how we can harness the potential of data to provide new and valuable insights to share with schools, academy trusts, and local authorities in England to improve outcomes for children and young people, parents and carers. During this pilot phase, we aim to test the value of increasing data flows from school MIS systems to DfE across selected data domains, to improve the breadth and timeliness of information available for system-level analysis. The individual pilots will run in phases, with each pilot designed to test the increase in data flows from school MIS systems to the DfE and is expected to run for approximately 6-12 weeks. ### Lot Information Lot 1 Purpose: The Department for Education is keen to work with multiple MIS suppliers in England and explore how we can harness the potential of data to provide new and valuable insights to share with schools, academy trusts, and local authorities in England to improve outcomes for children and young people, parents and carers. During this pilot phase, we aim to test the value of increasing data flows from school MIS systems to DfE across selected data domains, to improve the breadth and timeliness of information available for system-level analysis. The individual pilots will run in phases, with each pilot designed to test the increase in data flows from school MIS systems to the DfE and is expected to run for approximately 6-12 weeks. Benefits: * MIS suppliers- This pilot will contribute to strengthening relationship between MIS providers and the Department, supporting collaboration on standardising data held across different MIS systems so that insights are consistent. It also helps improve MIS tools to ensure they are useful to the school sector as possible. * Schools/ MATs - Schools and trusts will be able to feed into Department's policies much quicker, which will have a directly support improved outcomes for pupils. They will also gain ability to benchmark themselves against other similar establishments nationally. * The Department - Access to near real-time data from schools enables policy decisions to be informed more regularly and more effectively by data. The Department can explore opportunities to provide actionable benchmarking products back to the sector across multiple data domains. Scope: We would like to invite school MIS suppliers who are currently working in state-funded schools in England to take part in a pilot to explore this in more detail. As part of this pilot, we would like to: * Have an initial discussion around the coverage, data domains and data standards that currently exists within supplier systems. * Establish a secure, public API-based system-to-system connection to DfE enabling continuous and consistent data exchanges during a defined period, for a small number of schools/trusts across data domains. The timeframe for the pilot and data domains will be agreed collaboratively following an initial engagement meeting, allowing for adjustments as the pilot evolves. * Ensure that any sharing of data occurs only where data sharing is already agreed, or where it may warrant further exploration with the appropriate agreements in place. This will allow us to: * assess the structure and quality of data within the system. * inform where data and interoperability standards may be needed to enable consistent and privacy-respecting data exchanges * explore opportunities to generate actionable insights on an agreed data domain, initially to a small group of schools/trusts with a strong focus on providing timely benchmarking to the sector across different data domains and playing this back following the pilot phase. How to participate: We are interested in engaging with MIS suppliers who are currently working in the schools' sector in England, who can, with the data controller's agreement, provide access via a secure connection to data for either a small group of local authority schools and/or a Multi-Academy Trust (20+ schools). If you are interested in participating, please complete this form: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=yXfS-grGoU2187O4s0qC-TzOaf_74ghBiwshv1In5UpUQjlZUzFQMFdINldJSkM5WUszMzVZS044My4u The following information will be required: * Name of supplier * Contact details for the initial meeting (name, email, phone if applicable) * Indication of dates available for an introductory discussion * Link to any published public API information * A MAT/trust or group of schools you wish to include as part of the pilot Please note: Each MIS supplier may submit one application. While suggested trusts or schools may be provided, partnership decisions will be confirmed in consultation with the applicant. Selection process: We are happy to work with current school MIS suppliers who meet the criteria outlined above. We will engage with each MIS supplier in a phased approach. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027609-2026 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning, Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 26 Mar 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 31 Mar 2028 | | Award date | Not specified | | 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 | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW1P 3BT | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London | | Local authority | Westminster | | Electoral ward | St James's | | Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster | | Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72320000 - Database services ## Release History - 26 Mar 2026 at 06:50 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027609-2026 - 19 Jan 2026 at 06:38 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004155-2026 - 12 Jan 2026 at 15:26 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002358-2026 ## Notice URLs - https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=yXfS-grGoU2187O4s0qC-TzOaf_74ghBiwshv1In5UpUQjlZUzFQMFdINldJSkM5WUszMzVZS044My4u - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027607-2026 - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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