---
title: "009655 - Education System - Market Engagement"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0785ee"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "Newcastle City Council"
published: "2026-10-12"
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# 009655 - Education System - Market Engagement

Buyer: Newcastle City Council  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0785ee

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## Summary

Newcastle City Council is planning to renew its central education information system, currently MRI Education. The system serves as the local authority’s pupil database and case-management tool, holding information about children from birth. It supports statutory processes across education services, including special educational needs, school admissions, exclusions and attendance. The procurement is for software and associated system support services. The planned system is for the Council’s local-authority education services. The Council is seeking market feedback to help shape the requirements and future specification for the replacement system.

The process is at the planning stage: the Council has stated an intention to procure, but has not issued an invitation to tender. It plans market engagement through system demonstrations, subject to limited places, and a feedback questionnaire. The engagement milestone is scheduled for 9 November 2026. The existing contract is due to expire on 31 March 2027, with two possible 12-month extensions. The planned contract period for the future procurement is 1 April 2028 to 31 March 2032. No procurement procedure, evaluation basis or estimated contract value is stated. The procurement is presented as a single lot.

The requirement is relevant to suppliers of education information systems and associated support, particularly those able to provide a central pupil database and case-management functionality for a local authority. The system needs to support information about children from birth and statutory workflows across special educational needs, admissions, exclusions and attendance. The Council has marked the requirement as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises. Suppliers able to demonstrate systems and services that address these functions are well placed to contribute to market engagement and help inform the future specification.

## Notice

Newcastle City Council wish to engage the market regarding the renewal of Education System Newcastle City Council ('the Council') currently uses MRI Education as the LA's central pupil database and case management system. It is used to store information relating to children from birth and supports statutory LA processes in all education services including, but not limited to Educational Needs, School Admissions, Exclusions and Attendance. The existing contractual arrangements are due to expire 31 March 2027 (with a further 2 x 12 month options to extend). To help inform future requirements we seek market feedback to support with the development of future specifications. Further information can be found on our E-Tendering portal OPEN - www.open-uk.org

### Planning Information

Please see our E-Tendering Portal OPEN - www.open-uk.org for further information. A limited number of slots are available for system demonstrations and a wider feedback questionnaire is available for download and completion.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096245-2026 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 12 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Apr 2028 - 1 Apr 2032 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Newcastle City Council |
| Locality | NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE |
| Postcode area | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Postcode | NE1 8QH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear |
| ITL 3 | TLC43 Tyneside |
| Local authority | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Electoral ward | Monument |
| Westminster constituency | Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West |
| Delivery location | TLC2 Northumberland, and Tyne and Wear |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 72250000 - System and support services

## Release History

- 12 Oct 2026 at 16:15 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096245-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096245-2026
  12th October 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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