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title: "Preliminary Market Engagement for Education Software Suite"
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# Preliminary Market Engagement for Education Software Suite

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/preliminary-market-engagement-for-education-software-suite-ocds-h6vhtk-07768e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Halton Borough Council: "Preliminary Market Engagement for Education Software Suite". 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:** [Halton Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/halton-borough-council-ons-e06000006)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Software package and information systems
- **Delivery Location:** UKD71
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/preliminary-market-engagement-for-education-software-suite-ocds-h6vhtk-07768e#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-07768e`

## 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/preliminary-market-engagement-for-education-software-suite-ocds-h6vhtk-07768e#tl-md)

## Description
Halton Borough Council is undertaking preliminary market engagement to understand the current software solutions available to support the delivery of its Education Services.
The Council is currently an Access Synergy customer and is seeking to test the market and review the range of alternative solutions available. The purpose of this exercise is to understand current market capability, functionality, technology, integration opportunities, implementation approaches and indicative costs for a modern Education Services software solution.
The Council is interested in solutions that can support a number of Education Service functions, ideally through an integrated platform.
The anticipated scope includes the following key functional areas:
•	Admissions – supporting the end-to-end school admissions process, including applications, preferences, eligibility, allocations, offers, waiting lists, appeals, correspondence and reporting. Creation, export and importing of statutory admission files.
•	FIS / Early Years – supporting Early Years services, including funding, eligibility, applications, provider management, claims, payments, reconciliation and reporting, EY Census production. FIS Childcare Directory, ‘OFSTED Feed’ api data import
•	Free School Meals (FSM) – supporting applications, eligibility, verification, notifications, records and reporting.
•	SAM – supports the LA’s Schools, (School Admissions Module), allows school to access their admissions round allocation and FSM entitlement for their children in Realtime.
•	SEND – supporting the end-to-end management of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities processes, including referrals, assessments, EHC needs assessments and plans, parent and professional portals, reviews, consultations, placements, provision, funding, correspondence, transport and statutory reporting (SEN2).
•	PSS – supporting Pupil Support Services requirements, including referrals, case management, interventions, actions, outcomes, professional involvement and reporting. Work of Education Welfare Team, penalty notices, Exclusions, AP, EOTAS, Elective home education, Entertainment Licences and chaperones
•	Children's Centres (Hubs) – capturing activity data across Family Hubs within the Borough and reporting.
•	EIS – Case Management – providing flexible case management functionality to support workflows, referrals, tasks, alerts, contacts, chronology, document management, correspondence, assessments, outcomes, audit trails and reporting.
The Council is particularly interested in solutions that provide a single, modern and secure platform, enabling appropriate information to be shared across services and providing a consistent approach to the management of children, young people, families, providers, cases and associated information.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 48000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 01/11/2026 to 01/11/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F089205-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-09-21T13:19:17.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T12:50:10.191Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-07768e