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title: "Procurement for Education Technology Managed Services"
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# Procurement for Education Technology Managed Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/procurement-for-education-technology-managed-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05f966). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Education Authority: "Procurement for Education Technology Managed Services". Published status: active. Published Value: £709,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 10 Jul 2026, 15:00 BST. Published submission portal: etendersni.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The Education Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-education-authority-GB-PPON-PPHJ-6982-JPXY)
- **Published Value:** £709,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 10 July 2026 at 15:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Computer network services, Computer-related services, Database and operating software package, IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Information systems and servers (+2 more)
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/procurement-for-education-technology-managed-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05f966#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05f966`

## 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/procurement-for-education-technology-managed-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05f966#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [etendersni.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fetendersni.gov.uk%2Fepps%2FgetHomeDashboard.do)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/procurement-for-education-technology-managed-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05f966#participate

## Description
The Education Authority (EA) has a requirement to procure a Supplier to provide Education Technology Managed Services (ETMS).
The EA is responsible for ensuring that efficient and effective primary and secondary education services are available to meet the needs of children and young people and support the provision of efficient and effective youth services. As part of this, EA manages an educational technology service for over 1,100 schools, 350,000 pupils, 22,000 teachers and 40,000 non-teaching staff. 
The ETMS will replace and transform the technical infrastructure and services for schools known as the Education Network for Northern Ireland (ENNI), providing digital services to schools to support teaching and learning.  End users of the ETMS are from primary, post primary, special schools, Education Other than at School (EOTAS) centres and nursery schools (staff only) who all require access to secure and efficient technology infrastructure to support their teaching and learning needs.  This includes Controlled Schools, Controlled Integrated Schools, Catholic Maintained Schools, Irish Medium Schools, Grant Maintained Integrated Schools, Controlled and Voluntary Grammar Schools and users from approved education and external stakeholder organisations as further described in the ETMS Technical Specification – PSQ Stage.
The EA is procuring the ETMS as a single integrated ETMS Contract, comprising:
•	Infrastructure and Network Services (including Integration Services);
•	Identity Services;
•	Security Operations Centre Services;
•	User Experience Services; and
•	Service Management and Service Desk, including Schools Catalogue.
The procurement is being conducted using the Competitive Flexible Procedure, as further described in this notice and in the procurement documents.
The procurement strategy has been informed by preliminary market engagement, which commenced with EA publishing a UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice on 18th December 2025 in Find a Tender Service (FTS) (Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-084518/ Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05f966. (Provision for Education Technology Managed Services - Find a Tender)
Further details are provided in the procurement documents.
The ETMS Contract will be for an initial term that commences on the Effective Date (as defined in the Contract) and ends on 31st March 2035, which is seven years from the planned transition completion date of 31st March 2028.  The Contract will also include up to seven extension periods of one year each which may be awarded individually or as multiple years at the EA’s sole discretion (resulting in a latest contract expiry date of 31st March 2042).   
The value of the ETMS Contract over its maximum term (i.e. initial term plus extensions) is currently estimated to be circa £851m including allowances for changes / modifications, indexation (i.e. inflation) and VAT in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023.  This comprises circa £246m for core services paid for ...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/procurement-for-education-technology-managed-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05f966)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 48200000, 48600000, 48800000, 72000000, 72200000, 72500000

- **Estimated Value:** £709,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 29/09/2027 to 31/03/2035
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F053968-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-01T16:47:33.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T11:04:26.167Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05f966