Official UK procurement notice
CapitaOne Education Software Maintenance and Associated Services
Authority: Buckinghamshire Council (Local council)
Buckinghamshire Council are purchasing provision from Capita Business Services Limited for the support and maintenance of the Council’s existing suite of Capita One Education Software, using terms based on a call-off from Framework Agreement Y20023 let by KCS Procurement Services. The contract between Capita Business Services Limited and Buckinghamshire Council will run for 5 years, effective from 1 April 2022, and will expire on 31st March 2027.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBuckinghamshire Council are purchasing provision from Capita Business Services Limited for the support and maintenance of the Council’s existing suite of Capita One Education Software, using terms based on a call-off from Framework Agreement Y20023 let by KCS Procurement Services. The contract between Capita Business Services Limited and Buckinghamshire Council will run for 5 years, effective from 1 April 2022, and will expire on 31st March 2027. A list of the supported modules is available on request.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capita Business Services Ltd1 Apr 2022 – 31 Mar 2027 | £1,169,318 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 028021-2022-1 · Capita Business Services Ltd
- Signed
- 29 Sept 2022
- Value
- £1,169,318
- Period
- 1 Apr 2022 – 31 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Oct 2022, 17:29 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Oct 2022, 17:29 BST
- Authority reference
DN631527- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-028021- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-037348Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
This is a direct award of a software maintenance contract under regulation 32(b)(ii) and (iii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
The ONE system is a proprietary software platform owned by Capita Business Services Limited and separately licensed by Capita to the Contracting Authority. The system was created to be a database capturing statutory Education data. To meet statutory requirements, the Capita ONE system needs to be upgraded triennially, which cannot be achieved without software updates produced only by Capita.
The parties have contracted on terms based on a call-off from Framework Agreement Y20023 let by KCS Procurement Services.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
1 Apr 2022 → 31 Mar 2027 · 3 dates- Contract startsContracts Finder. This notice did not publish a start date.1 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST
- Notice published5 Oct 2022, 17:29 BST
- Today7 Nov 2026
- Contract endsin 143 days · Contracts Finder. This notice did not publish an end date.31 Mar 2027, 23:59 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Capita Business Services LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.