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# ACL Management Information System

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/acl-management-information-system-ocds-h6vhtk-069f2e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Essex County Council: "ACL Management Information System". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Essex County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/essex-county-council-ons-e10000012)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Information technology services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/acl-management-information-system-ocds-h6vhtk-069f2e#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-069f2e`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/acl-management-information-system-ocds-h6vhtk-069f2e#tl-md)

## Description
Essex Adult Community Learning (ACL) are seeking a comprehensive Management Information System tool to support the Council's ongoing ACL Transformation and Refresh programme.
Essex ACL is undertaking this Preliminary market engagement notice (PME) to engage with potential suppliers to understand market capability and available solutions to help develop to Essex ACL's identified requirements and inform the procurement strategy.
ACL is looking to understand more about the MIS tools that can provide the following outcomes:
•	Enhance learner tracking and performance
•	Adhere to DfE mandatory compliance checks and be auditable
•	Real time updates to allow rapid inclusion of new learners
•	Integrated reporting function built in to solution
•	Options for current and future integration with other ACL tools i.e. Scheduling
•	Up to date and user friendly interface for staff
•	Option for self registration by learners
•	Updated technology (current solution is 10 plus years old)
Contract Dates (Estimated):
The current contract expires 30th Sep 2027. We would require a period of parallel running to ensure quality so would look to ensuring at least 6 months overlap i.e. contract start of 30th March 2027. NB This would depend on Implementation length.
Ideally we would like a 3+1 contract length.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 72222300

- **Contract Period:** 29/03/2027 to 29/03/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F057744-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-18T15:22:30.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T02:36:51.163Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-069f2e