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title: "Award of Online School Payments"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000842121"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "North Lanarkshire Council"
published: "2026-09-18"
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# Award of Online School Payments

Buyer: North Lanarkshire Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000842121

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## Summary

North Lanarkshire Council procured an online school payments service for its education operations. The system covers online payments and income management for school meals and school trips, combining payment processing with administration of education-related income. This is a software and information systems service, with an education services element. The buying organisation is North Lanarkshire Council, based in Motherwell, and the service is for the council’s schools and associated education activities. The requirement is therefore relevant to suppliers providing cloud-based payment platforms, school payment administration, education income-management systems or software supporting councils and schools. It is a technology-led service rather than a construction, supply-only or general training requirement, and centres on managing transactions and income connected with meals and trips.

The procurement has been awarded through a direct award to a single supplier without competition. The award was made on 18 September 2026 to CRB Cunninghams Limited for £200,000, inclusive of the stated GBP currency. The award description records that it was made through the Government Commercial Agency’s G-Cloud 14 agreement, reference RM1557.14, Lot 2 for cloud software. The contract is recorded as active. The procurement process began on 10 January 2026. One bid is recorded, consistent with the direct-award route. Evaluation was therefore not conducted through a competitive tender between multiple bidders; the route relied on selection of a supplier under the specified G-Cloud cloud-software arrangement. This was a single-supplier award rather than a multi-lot competition.

This award provides a clear benchmark for suppliers competing for future council requirements for online school payments. A credible competitor would need a functioning cloud software platform that supports secure online payment collection and the management of income from school meals and trips. The service should be usable across school and council education settings, with the operational capability to handle recurring education-related transactions and associated administration. Experience delivering payment or income-management software to public bodies, councils or schools would help demonstrate fit, particularly where the system must support multiple schools and different payment purposes. Suppliers should also understand the expectations of public-sector cloud procurement and be able to offer their service through an appropriate government cloud framework route, as this buyer used a G-Cloud cloud-software lot for the award.

## Notice

Provision of an Online School Payments system including income management of school meals and trips.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP564847 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | The contract is awarded to a single supplier without competition. |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 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 | £200,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | North Lanarkshire Council |
| Additional buyers | Argyll and Bute Council; Clackmannanshire Council; Consumer Scotland; Crown Estate Scotland; Dumfries and Galloway Council; Dundee City Council; Fife Council; Moray Council; NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde; Perth & Kinross Council; Redress Scotland; Registers of Scotland; Scottish Borders Housing Association; Scottish Government; The Highland Council |
| Locality | MOTHERWELL |
| Postcode area | Motherwell |
| Postcode | ML1 1AB |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM34 North Lanarkshire |
| Local authority | North Lanarkshire |
| Electoral ward | Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig |
| Westminster constituency | Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 44 |
| Supplier names | CRB Cunninghams Limited; NEC Software Solutions UK Limited; FRP Advisory; Mitie; Turner & Townsend; Jump Research; Chase Services Group Ltd; Houlder Limited; IFF Research; Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd; GC Insight Ltd; Amey OW Ltd; Beam Up Ltd; Gemmell & Prout Marine Limited; Venesky Brown Ltd; SKODA UK; HaskoningDHV UK Ltd; William Yule & Son Limited; LEARNING POOL LIMITED; Abbeyfield Kirkcaldy Society Limited; Sanderson Government and Defence; Helpthemove Ltd; George Brown & Sons Engineers (Leith) Limited; VWR International Ltd; WSP UK Limited; Stantec UK Ltd; Galliford Try Construction Ltd; Specialist Computer Centres; 8x8 UK Limited; Ipsos MORI; Decathlon UK; Findel Education Ltd; RJM Sports Ltd; Boswell Mitchell & Johnston Ltd; BLAZIE ENGINEERING LIMITED; Storm ID Ltd; McTaggart Construction Ltd; Alliance Disposables Ltd; Bunzl UK Ltd; Instock Disposables Ltd; QA RESEARCH LTD; Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP; Harper Macleod LLP; Brodies |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 18 Sep 2026 at 16:51 - Award - PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP564847

## Notice URLs

- http://crownestatescotland.com/
- http://https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk
- http://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk
- http://www.clacks.gov.uk/business/corporateprocurementprocess/
- http://www.dumgal.gov.uk
- http://www.fife.gov.uk
- http://www.highland.gov.uk
- http://www.moray.gov.uk
- http://www.nhsggc.scot/about-us/procurement/
- http://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/15478/Tenders-and-contracts
- http://www.ros.gov.uk
- http://www.sbha.org.uk
- http://www.scotland.gov.uk
- https://consumer.scot/

## Provenance

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