---
title: "Provision of 6into7 software"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-07744b"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Salford City Council"
published: "2026-09-17"
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# Provision of 6into7 software

Buyer: Salford City Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07744b

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## Summary

Salford City Council bought software and related information-system capability for its “6into7” transition process. The requirement is a real-time shared database that allows information about each Year 6 child to move quickly through the transition chain into secondary education. Its purpose is to reduce the risk that information about a child’s needs, including special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or safeguarding needs, is missed or delayed, supporting a quicker and more effective transition. This is a goods procurement for software, delivered in Greater Manchester and serving the council’s education transition activity. The council is the buyer and regional local authority responsible for the requirement. The selected supplier, Pupil Pathways Limited, is based in Halifax and is recorded as a small or medium-sized enterprise.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded. Salford City Council used a limited award procedure without prior publication of a competition, making a direct award from a framework. The evaluation criterion was price. One bid was recorded. The active award went to Pupil Pathways Limited. The contract value is £117,158, and the contract was signed on 31 August 2026. The award relates to the single software requirement. The published process records the lot as cancelled, while the award and contract are active. There is no stated contract end date or duration in the procurement record. The award therefore records a completed route to contract for a single supplier, rather than an open competitive exercise.

This procurement demonstrates demand from Salford City Council for specialist software supporting the transition of Year 6 pupils into secondary education. Relevant competitors would need to provide a real-time shared database that can be used across the transition chain, with a clear focus on timely, reliable handling of pupil information. Credibility would depend on understanding education-sector transition processes and the operational importance of identifying and passing on SEND and safeguarding information without delay. Suppliers with a proven product or implementation capability in this specific area would be better placed than general software providers. The requirement also indicates that a small or medium-sized specialist supplier can meet the council’s needs through a framework-based direct-award route.

## Notice

The provision of a real-time shared database approach that would speed up transition processes and reduce the risk of information about a child's needs (including any SEND or Safeguarding needs) being missed or delayed in the transition chain. This will ensure the quickest and most effective transition process for every Year 6 child.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The provision of a real-time shared database approach that would speed up transition processes and reduce the risk of information about a child's needs (including any SEND or Safeguarding needs) being missed or delayed in the transition chain. This will ensure the quickest and most effective transition process for every Year 6 child.

### Procurement Information

Direct award from a framework

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088165-2026 |
| 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 | 17 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 | £117,158 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Salford City Council |
| Locality | MANCHESTER |
| Postcode area | Manchester |
| Postcode | M27 5DA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester |
| ITL 3 | TLD34 Greater Manchester South West |
| Local authority | Salford |
| Electoral ward | Swinton & Wardley |
| Westminster constituency | Worsley and Eccles |
| Delivery location | TLD3 Greater Manchester |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Pupil Pathways Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems

## Release History

- 17 Sep 2026 at 12:32 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088165-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://www.salford.gov.uk

## Provenance

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