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title: "Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council Schools Information Management System (SIMS)"
ocid: "ocds-kuma6s-120077"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "BLAENAU GWENT COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL"
published: "2022-03-30"
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# Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council Schools Information Management System (SIMS)

Buyer: BLAENAU GWENT COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-kuma6s-120077

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## Summary

Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council has completed a procurement process for the Schools Information Management System (SIMS), transitioning from a perpetual licence model to a software as a service model. This initiative, aimed at local educational institutions in Ebbw Vale, UK, is categorized under the education sector. The process has been wrapped up as of March 29, 2022, under a limited procurement method with a single supplier, Education Software Solutions Limited, already awarded the contract, valued between £767 and £28,226. This contract will serve numerous schools in the region over a term of 36 months, aiding in the provision of essential educational resources.

This tender presents an excellent opportunity for businesses involved in software services, particularly those specialising in educational solutions, to expand their operations within the local government sector. Companies capable of providing innovative, scalable educational software and support services are well-suited to engage with future tenders of a similar nature. The focus on direct contracts with individual schools opens avenues for smaller firms to pitch tailored solutions that meet specific school needs, fostering potential collaborations and growth in the education technology market.

## Notice

Transition from existing contractual model of perpetual licence of SIMS to local authority with associated support services, to software as a service model contracting directly with individual schools to provide SIMS and associated support services

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Prior to the award of these contracts, the current provider -ESS- had a contract with the local authority under which it provided a perpetual licence to the local authority for the purpose of providing SIMS to the schools in the local authority's area, with associated support services. ESS has now served notice to terminate that contract and requires that, in order to continue provision of SIMS, individual schools must enter into direct contracts with ESS to receive SIMS as software as a service. In order to bring about the transition, the local authority will enter into a Facilitation Agreement "FA" with ESS under which nothing of value is received by ESS and no material services are provided to the local authority; it is purely an administrative arrangement to effect the transition. Each school in the local authority's area will enter into a School Contract "SC" with ESS for the direct provision of SIMS as software as a service, at substantially the same cost as before. The highest value SC over the 3 year contract term is 28226GBP and the lowest value SC is 767GBP. The schools in the local authority's area whose governing bodies will enter into contracts with ESS are as follows: - Abertillery Learning Community - All Saints RC Primary School - Beaufort Hill Primary School - Blaen-y-Cwm Primary School - Bryn Bach Primary School - Brynmawr Foundation School - Coed-y-Garn Primary School - Cwm Primary School - Deighton Primary School - Ebbw Fawr Learning Community - Georgetown Primary School - Glanhowy Primary School - Glyncoed Primary School - Pen-y-Cwm Special School - Rhos-y-Fedwen Primary School - River Centre 3-16 Learning Community - Swffryd Primary School - St Illtyds Primary School - St Josephs RC Primary School - St Marys Church Primary School - St Marys RC Primary School - Tredegar Comprehensive School - Willowtown Primary School - Ysgol Gymraeg Brohelyg - Ystruth Primary School The local authority publishes this notice on behalf of itself and the schools listed above but is not acting as a central purchasing body on behalf of the schools.. Contract duration: 36 months The FA has no value Individual School Contracts have a value between 28226GBP and 767GBP

### Procurement Information

This contract award notice is published on a wholly voluntary basis and without prejudice to the local authority's and the governing body of each individual school's position that no prior publication of a contract notice, and thus no competitive tender exercise, was required in respect of the Facilitation Agreement (FA) and/or the individual Schools Contracts (SC). Neither the local authority nor the governing body of any of the schools listed above accepts that the FA and/or the individual SCs are within the scope of application of Part 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Sell2Wales |
| Latest notice | https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=120077 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| 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 | 30 Mar 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 29 Mar 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| 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 | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | BLAENAU GWENT COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL |
| Locality | EBBW VALE |
| Post town | Newport |
| Postcode | NP23 6DB |
| Country | Wales |
| ITL 1 | TLL Wales |
| ITL 2 | TLL5 South East Wales |
| ITL 3 | TLL53 Gwent Valleys |
| Local authority | Blaenau Gwent |
| Electoral ward | Ebbw Vale South |
| Westminster constituency | Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney |
| Delivery location | TLL16 Gwent Valleys |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | EDUCATION SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 72260000 - Software-related services
- 72261000 - Software support services
- 72300000 - Data services
- 72310000 - Data-processing services
- 72320000 - Database services

## Release History

- 30 Mar 2022 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=120077

## Documents

- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR393464
  Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council Schools Information Management System (SIMS) - Transition from existing contractual model of perpetual licence of SIMS to local authority with associated support services, to software as a service model contracting directly with individual schools to provide SIMS and associated support services

## Notice URLs

- http://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk/
- https://api.sell2wales.gov.wales/v1?lang=cy/Notice?id=ocds-kuma6s-120077

## Provenance

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