---
title: "SOL Attendance Monitoring Service (Virtual School) 2025"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e98f"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council"
published: "2026-08-21"
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# SOL Attendance Monitoring Service (Virtual School) 2025

Buyer: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e98f

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## Summary

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council procured an attendance monitoring service for its Virtual School. The requirement is to collect attendance data for children looked after across early years, statutory school-age and post-16 cohorts where attendance data is available. Information is provided through a secure online platform, so relevant suppliers are providers of attendance-monitoring, education-data or secure case-management software and associated services. The service is delivered for Solihull, within the council’s area. The procurement is categorised as a software package and information system. The buyer is Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, a sub-central public authority. The requirement covers one complete lot and is intended to support monitoring of attendance for looked-after children across the specified education cohorts.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to WELFARE CALL (LAC) LTD. The award date is 22 July 2025, when the contract was signed. The contract runs from 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2027, with an option to extend for up to two further years, to 31 August 2029. The awarded contract value is £165,250 excluding tax and £198,300 including tax; the published total including extensions is £165,250.80. The council used a direct award below threshold without competition through the G-Cloud 14 Framework (RM1557.14). The contract includes options where cohort numbers increase by more than 10%. One lot was awarded, and the selected supplier is WELFARE CALL (LAC) LTD.

This procurement indicates demand from Solihull for a specialist, secure online service that collects and manages attendance information for children looked after across early years, school-age and post-16 education. A credible future competitor would need software capable of handling education attendance data securely, supporting multiple cohorts and presenting information in a form that a Virtual School can use for monitoring and oversight. Experience with children looked after, local-authority education services or comparable safeguarding-sensitive data environments would strengthen a supplier’s position. Suppliers should also understand the operational requirements of gathering available attendance data across different education settings and maintaining reliable access for council users. Framework route capability is commercially relevant because this requirement was awarded through G-Cloud 14.

## Notice

Solihull Council has awarded a contract for the collection of attendance data for Children Looked After within the early years, statutory school age and post 16 cohorts with available attendance data via a secure online platform. The total value of the contract including extensions is PS165250.80. The contract start date is 1 September 2025. The contract term is 2 years with the option to extend up to a further 2 years. The contract was awarded via G-Cloud 14 Framework RM1557.14.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079896-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 21 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 22 Jul 2025 |
| Contract period | 1 Sep 2025 - 31 Aug 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £165,250 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Locality | SOLIHULL |
| Postcode area | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B91 3QB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG32 Solihull |
| Local authority | Solihull |
| Electoral ward | St Alphege |
| Westminster constituency | Solihull West and Shirley |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | WELFARE CALL (LAC) LTD |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems

## Release History

- 21 Aug 2026 at 12:41 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079896-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079896-2026
  21st August 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://welfarecall.com/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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