Find a TenderCancelled
Published 26 Apr 2021, 08:55 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Tender for the Provision of a Schools Management Information System

Official notice

Authority: Academies Enterprise Trust (Education)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£20,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 7 Jun 2021

What is being bought

Published requirement description

AET is a multi academy trust comprising of 57 academies with a mixture of primary, secondary and special schools. We are seeking a supplier to provide a hosted cloud based Schools Management Information System for all our academies. The MIS will be accessed over the internet and hosted in the cloud with the service provider providing the hosting, MIS solution, helpdesk support and maintenance. The successful tenderer will be required to undertake the implementation of the new solution to all 57 academies plus our head office team prior to the system going live as the sole solution within the trust from 1 April 2022.

Full tender documentation including specification can be downloaded from www.mytenders.co.uk ↗ at no cost. Perspective bidders are invited to a Supplier Briefing Event on 7 May 2021 commencing at 12.30pm BST. This event will be held virtually and further details are within the tender documentation.

  • Recurrence: Yes - if the tender extension option is taken up then the next tender will be issued in 2025 or 2026 depending on the length of extension option. If the extension option is not taken up then the next tender will be issued in 2024

CPV: Computer support and consultancy services · Data services · Educational software development services · Primary education services · Secondary education services · Software programming and consultancy services · Special education services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The Trust is seeking to procure a software as a service based Schools Management…CancelledRenewalPublished value£2,000,000

The Trust is seeking to procure a software as a service based Schools Management Information System for our current 57 academies. Our total number of academies comprises of primary, secondary and special schools and we are looking to procure a single MIS solution for all academies along with use at our head office by our Business Intelligence team.

The product must be capable of supporting the operational, educational and administrative needs of our academies across the three phases of the education sector in a single solution.

The successful supplier will be responsible for the implementation of the system in the 6 month period prior to the go live date of this contract (from September 2021 to 31 March 2022) including but not limited to the migration of data from our current MIS systems including all historical pupil data, training, programme management, configuration, integration with third party software and the Trust's Data Lake, customisation, support and documentation as well as for all the provision of all services during the duration of the contract including but not limited to hosting, software, helpdesk support, product development in line with Trust and regulatory requirements and ongoing training.

A detailed specification is included within the tender documentation.

A supplier briefing event is to be held on 7 May 2021 from 12.30 BST and details are included within the tender documentation. This event will be held virtually and recorded and made available to all tenderers after the event.

Delivery: North East, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, Wales · the trust head office is in London and our 57 current academies are spread across England and Wales
Extensions: The contract is initially for a period of 3 years from 1 April 2022 with the option to extend for up to a further 2 years on either a 1+1 year basis or a 2 year basisVariant bids: not allowed

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: 100%
Published sub-criteria (1)
  • as per procurement documents: 100%
Published award criteria (2)
  • as per procurement documents: 100
  • Price: 0
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Selection criteria as stated in tender documents

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted

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
Cancelled
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 · Yes - if the tender extension option is taken up then the next tender will be issued in 2025 or 2026 depending on the length of extension option. If the extension option is not taken up then the next tender will be issued in 2024

First published
26 Apr 2021, 08:55 BST
Last source update
23 Aug 2021, 11:45 BST
Award evaluation window
7 Jun 2021 – …
Authority reference
T164/2021
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-020602
Classification (CPV)
Computer support and consultancy servicesData servicesEducational software development servicesPrimary education servicesSecondary education servicesSoftware programming and consultancy servicesSpecial education services
Delivery area
North East (UKC)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
+1 moreWales (UKL)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a9ee Find a Tender

Publisher note: (MT Ref:223744)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: mytenders · Who buys & how to bid on myTenders
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free publication showcase; bidding happens on buyer portals

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://www.mytenders.co.uk ↗

Submission deadline
7 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
360 days from the deadline
Bids opened
7 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

7 Jun 2021 → 23 Aug 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    7 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    7 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    23 Aug 2021, 11:45 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to cancelled
    23 Aug 2021, 11:45 BST

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

Academies Enterprise Trust

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation 183 Eversholt Street, London, London, London, NW1 1UBContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body LondonContact email, phone

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