--- title: "SOL Xporter & Xvault 2025" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f906" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06f906" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06f906.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06f906.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council" published: "2026-09-14" --- # SOL Xporter & Xvault 2025 Buyer: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f906 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06f906) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06f906.json) ## Summary Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council procured a software system to collect data automatically from a range of school management information systems and transmit it securely to the council. The solution comprises a digital suite for management information system data collection, together with a GDPR compliance tool for secure, automated collection and transmission of school data. This is a software and information systems requirement, delivered for schools and the council in Solihull. The council is the buying organisation and the contract concerns a single integrated solution rather than separate physical goods or construction works. The requirement is relevant to suppliers of education data platforms, school management information system integrations, secure data exchange tools and GDPR-focused software supporting local-authority information flows. The procurement has been awarded and the contract is active. Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council used a limited award procedure without prior publication of a competition, awarding through the G-Cloud 14 framework. The award went to Community Brands UK Ltd trading as VenturEd Solutions UK, with one bid recorded. The contract was signed on 24 February 2025 for £54,600. The initial contract term runs from 1 March 2025 to 28 February 2027, with an option to extend for up to a further two years, ending no later than 28 February 2029. The published award criterion was price. The requirement was treated as a goods procurement for software and information systems. This procurement shows a local authority buying an integrated school-data solution rather than a standalone application: suppliers need to support automated extraction from multiple school management information systems, secure transmission to a council, and GDPR compliance. Credible competitors would therefore need proven interoperability across varied school systems, dependable data-transfer controls and the ability to manage personal or sensitive education data securely. Experience delivering software to councils, schools or other public-sector data environments would help demonstrate operational understanding, while a robust implementation and support capability would be important for a service used across multiple schools. The selected supplier was a large organisation, indicating that the requirement was met by a provider with the capacity to operate and support a council-wide data service. ## Notice For the provision of a system to provide the automated collection of data from a range of School MIS systems and transmit securely to Solihull Council. ### Lot Information Lot 1 Solihull Council has awarded a contract to provide a digital solution comprising a suite involving MIS data collection, and incorporating a GDPR compliance tool that securely and automatically collects and transmits data from schools to the council. Initial term contract start date: 01/03/2025 Initial Term contract end date: 28/02/2027 Option to extend up to a further 2 years to 28/02/2029. Options: Options to end the contract up to a further 2 years. ### Procurement Information Awarded without competition via Framework G-Cloud 14 RM1557.14. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086828-2026 | | 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 | 14 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 | £54,600 | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Cancelled | | 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 | TLG32 Solihull | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | Community Brands UK Limited | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 48 - Software package and information systems ### Codes - 48000000 - Software package and information systems ## Release History - 14 Sep 2026 at 12:29 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086828-2026 ## Notice URLs - http://www.solihull.gov.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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