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title: "Attendance and Attainment Monitoring"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f978"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Cheshire East Borough Council"
published: "2026-09-14"
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# Attendance and Attainment Monitoring

Buyer: Cheshire East Borough Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f978

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## Summary

Cheshire East Council procured a software solution and information system for monitoring the attendance and attainment of children and young people cared for by the Council who attend schools or other education settings. The service covers data collection from schools and education providers inside and outside Cheshire East. It must maintain a database containing information about each child or young person, their social worker, education setting and carers; record morning and afternoon attendance; and obtain attendance information from alternative providers where education takes place off-site, subject to agreement with the home school and Virtual School. Individual records must use Department for Education attendance terminology and coding, remain accessible in real time, and alert carers or social workers to unexplained absence, prioritising cases involving increased risk.

The procurement is complete and was awarded through a limited procedure without prior publication of a competition notice. Cheshire East Council used a direct award approach because it expected a framework call-off but obtained a more competitive price directly. The requirement was evaluated on price alone. The contract was awarded to Welfare Call LAC Ltd, with one bid recorded. The award is active and the contract was signed on 1 September 2026 for £155,750. The award relates to the attendance and attainment monitoring requirement; the associated lot is recorded as cancelled. The procurement record gives an award date of 14 September 2026. The contract value is stated in pounds sterling, and the contract period is not stated.

This requirement is relevant to suppliers developing or operating education, social care and safeguarding software, particularly systems that integrate attendance information from multiple schools and education providers. Credible capability would include maintaining secure records for children in care, linking children with social workers, carers and education settings, and handling data from providers both within and outside the council area. Suppliers would need to support morning and afternoon session tracking, off-site education checks and Department for Education attendance codes. Real-time access and automated alerts for unexplained absence are central requirements, including risk-based prioritisation so that urgent cases are identified quickly. Experience delivering reliable monitoring tools for councils, schools, virtual schools or safeguarding teams would strengthen a competing offer when this type of requirement is next reviewed.

## Notice

Award of contract The attendance and attainment of children and young people is collected by the solution for CEC for people cared for by the Council who attend schools, or other places of education. This will include data collection from schools and providers both inside and outside of Cheshire East. It is mandatory to: - > Produce & maintain a database of cared for children and young people. As a minimum this should include social worker, education settings and carers information based on data provided by Cheshire East Council > Establish the child's or young person's attendance for both morning and afternoon sessions. > Where children or young people are educated off-site, contact to be made with the alternative provider to check the child or young person's attendance there, subject to agreement with the home school and the Virtual School. > Maintain individual attendance records for each child, using the standard nomenclature and coding for attendance as used in schools as described by the DfE: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-attendance > These records should be accessible at all times, in real time. > Alert carers or social workers of any child or young person who has unexplained absence within the duration of the session when the absence occurs, with a system for prioritising those children whose absence places them or others at an increased risk.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The attendance and attainment of children and young people is collected by the solution for CEC for people cared for by the Council who attend schools, or other places of education. This will include data collection from schools and providers both inside and outside of Cheshire East. It is mandatory to: - > Produce & maintain a database of cared for children and young people. As a minimum this should include social worker, education settings and carers information based on data provided by Cheshire East Council > Establish the child's or young person's attendance for both morning and afternoon sessions. > Where children or young people are educated off-site, contact to be made with the alternative provider to check the child or young person's attendance there, subject to agreement with the home school and the Virtual School. > Maintain individual attendance records for each child, using the standard nomenclature and coding for attendance as used in schools as described by the DfE: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-attendance > These records should be accessible at all times, in real time. > Alert carers or social workers of any child or young person who has unexplained absence within the duration of the session when the absence occurs, with a system for prioritising those children whose absence places them or others at an increased risk.

### Procurement Information

Would have called off a framework agreement, however a more competative price was obtained with the supplier directly.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087013-2026 |
| 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 | SME |
| 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 | £155,750 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Cheshire East Borough Council |
| Locality | CREWE |
| Postcode area | Crewe |
| Postcode | CW1 2JZ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD6 Cheshire |
| ITL 3 | TLD62 Cheshire East |
| Local authority | Cheshire East |
| Electoral ward | Crewe Central |
| Westminster constituency | Crewe and Nantwich |
| Delivery location | TLD6 Cheshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Welfare Call |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems

## Release History

- 14 Sep 2026 at 16:01 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087013-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk
- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-attendance

## Provenance

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