Official UK procurement notice
EA Northern Ireland Substitute Teachers Register solution (NISTR) - Market Information Session – 13 October 2021
Authority: Education Authority NI (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement description** This is not a tender exercise by the Education Authority (“EA”) - This is to advertise a Pre Market Engagement session on 20th October 2021 for a potential procurement for a Northern Ireland Substitute Teachers Register solution - Part of the ETS Programme*** The EA is responsible for the delivery of the Education Technology Services (ETS) programme. The goal of the ETS programme is to ensure ongoing provision of high quality, sustainable, core education technology services to schools to meet the current and future needs of school leaders, teachers and pupils, EA and other key stakeholders (i.e. school governors, parents and Department of Education NI). Through the ETS Programme a number of key systems and services currently in situ will be replaced including the Northern Ireland Substitute Teachers Register (NISTR). The potential requirement is for a system/service to:
- Manage the registration of qualified substitute staff, their specialisms and real-time availability;
- Enable schools to search, and book suitable accredited, vetted, qualified substitute teachers specific to their needs;
- Provide electronic payroll updates to payroll function, and reporting to stakeholders;
- Provide effective alerts and communications;
- Integration with key systems in the ETS IT estate as well as external third parties; and
- Provide a suite of static and dynamic reports. EA would like to invite you to attend a Pre Market Engagement session which is scheduled to take place on 20th October 2021 at 14:00-15:00 (via MS Teams) to provide more detail on our evolving requirements and timescales and most importantly to gain valuable insight and feedback from the market to help inform this project prior to the commencement of a procurement for NISTR. We will also be issuing a Request for Information (“RFI”) document including a questionnaire to suppliers who apply to attend the session and seeking written responses from the market. The RFI contains further details about the potential requirement specifically for NISTR. To attend the session please provide the names, business titles and email addresses of a maximum of 2 people from your organisation who would like to attend to [email protected] Please also send any specific questions that you may have before the session to this email address and the NISTR Project Team will endeavour to answer these questions during the session (if appropriate).
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£4,000,000
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 6 Oct 2021, 19:35 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Oct 2021, 19:35 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 20 Oct 2021 – …
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-024959- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02e8edFind a Tender
Publisher note: To register on eTendersNI platform please access eTendersNI home page this can be accessed from this link https://etendersni.gov.uk. Help with Registration. Interactive Supplier Help Guides are available from the eTendersNI home page (eTendersNI.gov.uk) to help users navigate the new portal, and these include guides on registration. A telephone help line is available 0800 240 4545 or +44 20 341 14 271 and you can also contact the help desk by email [email protected]. This notice is for information only and its publication does not oblige EA to commence any competitive tender process. All information, including (but not limited to) the description and classification of the requirements, Lots, the CPV codes, and the estimated date of publication of contract notice, is indicative and EA reserves the right to amend it at any time without notice. EA shall not be liable for any costs, expenses or liabilities incurred by those participating in this exercise..
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 Oct 2021, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 20 Oct 2021, 14:30 BST
Timeline
6 Oct 2021 → 18 Jan 2022 · 4 dates- Notice published6 Oct 2021, 19:35 BST
- Submission deadline20 Oct 2021, 14:00 BST
- Bids opened20 Oct 2021, 14:30 BST
- Bids must remain valid until18 Jan 2022, 23:59 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NI does not have such review bodyReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria