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title: "Education Services System"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f615"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "LONDON BOROUGH OF HAVERING"
published: "2026-09-09"
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# Education Services System

Buyer: LONDON BOROUGH OF HAVERING  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f615

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## Summary

The London Borough of Havering procured an education services system supporting statutory and operational functions including school admissions, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) funding, early years funding and the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH). This is software and information systems provision, rather than a construction or frontline education service contract. Delivery relates to Havering’s borough-wide education service and its primary and secondary schools. The system is described as critical to the continued delivery of these functions. The selected supplier is Access Group Ltd, trading as Access (Synergy), a large UK-based software provider. The requirement therefore suits suppliers with education-management software, statutory funding, admissions, safeguarding and public-sector systems capability.

The procurement is complete and has resulted in an active award to Access Group Ltd. The contract was signed on 1 July 2026 for £861,104.38 including the stated contract value currency of GBP. Havering used a limited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, making a direct award through the VAS framework. The published rationale says market research identified Access (Synergy) as the best-value provider; alternatives were rejected because migration would bring prohibitive costs, operational disruption and extensive retraining across Havering’s primary and secondary schools. The procurement had one lot, assessed on price, with one bid recorded. The lot is marked cancelled, while the related award and contract are recorded as active.

For a supplier competing when this requirement next returns to market, the award demonstrates demand for a borough-wide education system embedded in statutory services rather than a standalone school application. Credible competitors would need to support admissions, SEND funding, early years funding and multi-agency safeguarding workflows in one operational environment, with dependable integration into council and school processes. The rationale also shows that transition risk matters: suppliers would need a credible migration plan, manageable implementation disruption and effective training for primary and secondary school staff. Evidence of delivering comparable local-authority or education systems, maintaining continuity of critical services and supporting a substantial school user base would strengthen a future proposition. The evaluation used price, so competitive whole-life value would also be important.

## Notice

The system is critical for functions including School Admissions, SEND funding, Early Years funding, and the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH).

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Direct award a new contract via the VAS framework to ensure the continued delivery of statutory education services.

### Procurement Information

Market research identified Access (Synergy) as the best value provider. Alternative options were rejected due to the prohibitive costs and operational disruption associated with migrating to a new system, which would require extensive retraining across the borough's primary and secondary school sectors.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085586-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| 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 | 9 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| 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 | £861,104 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | LONDON BOROUGH OF HAVERING |
| Locality | ROMFORD |
| Postcode area | Romford |
| Postcode | RM1 4GR |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI5 Outer London - East and North East |
| ITL 3 | TLI52 Barking & Dagenham and Havering |
| Local authority | Havering |
| Electoral ward | Marshalls & Rise Park |
| Westminster constituency | Romford |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Access UK Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems

## Release History

- 9 Sep 2026 at 22:42 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085586-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://www.havering.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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