Official UK procurement notice
Procurement of Pupil Journaling Software for Dundee Schools
Authority: Dundee City Council (Local council)
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48)IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Scotland (UKM71)
Awarded value£121,381published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 30 Mar 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Softcat Plc
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Pupil Journaling Software for Dundee Schools.
CPV: Educational software development services · Educational software package
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Provision of pupil journaling software for Dundee SchoolsAwarded
48190000 Educational software package
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 25 Sept 2026, 08:46 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Sept 2026, 08:46 BST
- Authority reference
DCC/IT/25/25- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077a0a
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The contract was awarded by direct award under the NHS Shared Business Services Digital Workplace Solutions 2 Framework. The framework was procured and established in accordance with the applicable procurement legislation, and Dundee City Council is entitled to access and award contracts under the framework. The framework terms permit the award of contracts by direct award and the award has been made in accordance more…
with those terms. As the contract has been awarded through an existing compliant framework agreement, a separate procurement procedure and prior publication of a contract notice was not required.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:844000)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £121,3811 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 30 Mar 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Softcat Plc | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 090790-2026-DCC/IT/25/25-1 · Softcat Plc
- Signed
- 30 Mar 2026
- Value
- £121,381
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Dundee Sheriff Court HouseReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SoftcatAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.