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Published 15 Mar 2024, 11:19 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

EDIS-24-007 Financial Management System for Voluntary Grammar and Grant Maintained Integrated Schools

Official notice

Authority: the Education Authority (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£3,000,000exc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 7 Feb 2025
Next notice expected 31 May 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Education Authority (EA) invites tenders for the Provision of a Financial Management System for Voluntary Grammar and Grant Maintained Integrated Schools. The initial contract period is for 5 years with the option to extend the contract for any further period(s) up to and including 5 years. The administering procurement office for this tender, on behalf of EA, will be the Belfast office.

CPV: Financial information systems · Financial systems software development services · Financial systems software package · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Industry specific software package · Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 59.5%Price: 30%Social value: 10.5%
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Detailed Functional Requirements: 35%
  • Delivery and Support of the Proposed Solution: 24.5%
  • price: 30%
  • Social Value: 10.5%
Published award criteria (4)
  • Detailed Functional Requirements: 35
  • Delivery and Support of the Proposed Solution: 24.5
  • Social Value: 10.5
  • Price: 30
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
15 Mar 2024, 11:19 GMT
Last source update
18 Mar 2025, 14:33 GMT
Award evaluation window
7 Feb 2025 – …
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-009927
Classification (CPV)
Financial information systemsFinancial systems software development servicesFinancial systems software packageIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportIndustry specific software packageSoftware package and information systems
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0448fe Find a Tender

Publisher note: This notice is published to advise the market that no award has been made under this procurement exercise as a result of no compliant bids being received.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Submission deadline
7 Feb 2025, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Bids opened
7 Feb 2025, 15:30 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

31 May 2024 → 8 May 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    31 May 2024, 00:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    7 Feb 2025, 15:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    7 Feb 2025, 15:30 GMT
  4. Notice published
    18 Mar 2025, 14:33 GMT
  5. Bids must remain valid until
    8 May 2025, 23:59 BST

Notice history

6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Jan 2025
  1. Published value published: £3,000,000
    8 Jan 2025, 14:04 GMT
  2. Status changed to active
    8 Jan 2025, 14:04 GMT
  3. Procurement method changed
    8 Jan 2025, 14:04 GMT
  4. Deadline published: 7 Feb 2025, 15:00 GMT
    8 Jan 2025, 14:04 GMT
  5. Buyer details updated
    8 Jan 2025, 14:04 GMT
  6. Status changed to complete
    18 Mar 2025, 14:33 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1

1 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

the Education Authority

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawEducation 40 Academy Street, Belfast, UK, BT1 2NQContact email Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Education AuthorityContracting authorityBody governed by public lawEducation Belfast, UKContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.Review body Belfast

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria