Contract

WCC Virtual Schools

  • Warwickshire County Council

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-000011

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-034a86

Published 3 January 2023, 9:21am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Warwickshire County Council

Shire Hall,Market Square

WARWICK

CV344RL

Email

procurement@warwickshire.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKG13 - Warwickshire

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.warwickshire.gov.uk

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

WCC Virtual Schools

Reference number

WCC-13962

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 75121000 - Administrative educational services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Warwickshire County Council (the Council) is seeking one or more suppliers to provide software to capture attendance monitoring and PEP creation and manipulation. The Council require providers to capture data that can be easily filtered to use in reporting.

This procurement is lotted into two lots. Each lot will be evaluated individually.

Lot 1 - Attendance monitoring

Lot 2 - PEPs

Applicants can apply for one or both lots.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £285,668

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Attendance Monitoring

Lot No

1

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 31711310 - System for recording attendance

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKG - West Midlands (England)

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Warwickshire County Council ('WCC' will be used throughout) are looking to procure software that collects 'live', twice daily attendance marks (morning and afternoon when registers close) for all statutory school age looked-after children in the care of Warwickshire, to enable the Virtual School team to respond appropriately to absences, suspensions and other attendance coding concerns to ensure prompt intervention and support.

WCC currently have approximately 600 looked-after children from reception to Year 11. Most attend schools/settings in Warwickshire but a significant proportion are educated in other local authority areas. The school attendance and absence notification system will need to collect data from all schools/settings the children attend.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Reporting / Weighting: 18

Quality criterion - Name: Technical assistance and software maintenance / Weighting: 12

Quality criterion - Name: Cohort Mobility / Weighting: 9

Quality criterion - Name: Attendance mark capture / Weighting: 18

Quality criterion - Name: Solcial Value / Weighting: 3

Quality criterion - Name: Daily processing / Weighting: 4

Quality criterion - Name: Viewing / Weighting: 2

Quality criterion - Name: Accountability / Weighting: 2.4

Quality criterion - Name: Filtering and reports / Weighting: 3.6

Quality criterion - Name: Trail reports / Weighting: 8

Price - Weighting: 20

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

The term of the contract will be for an initial 2 years and the council

have the option to extend for a further 24 months at its sole discretion

During the course of the contract period the range and scope of these services

may be

subject to modification and variation to meet the changing needs and requirements

of the

Council, potential changes in legislation and the changing demands placed on the

Council by

its customers

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Personal Education plans

Lot No

2

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 75121000 - Administrative educational services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKG - West Midlands (England)

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Warwickshire County Council ('WCC' to be used throughout) are looking to procure software which reviews and records PEPs (Personal Education Plans) for all looked-after children in the care of Warwickshire.

WCC currently have approximately 750 looked-after children from age two to their 18th birthday, who must have a termly PEP review.

Virtual School need the ability to design different PEPs for different cohorts of looked-after children, spanning the academic years.

Designated teachers and other school staff, social workers and foster carers require access to the PEPs to capture, edit and retrieve children's current attainment, progress, intervention, targets, Pupil Premium Plus spend, and other related education information contained within the PEPs.

The WCC Virtual School team quality assures and sign off all PEPs. Data reports are required according to user requirements, allowing the VSH to report to stakeholders. This is discussed in more detail within the requirement section.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: PEP templates and formats / Weighting: 18

Quality criterion - Name: Reporting / Weighting: 15

Quality criterion - Name: PEP mobility, storage and exporting / Weighting: 12

Quality criterion - Name: Social value / Weighting: 3

Quality criterion - Name: Technical assistance and software maintenance / Weighting: 12

Quality criterion - Name: Daily Processing / Weighting: 3.8

Quality criterion - Name: PEP Viewing / Weighting: 2.8

Quality criterion - Name: Making Changes / Weighting: 2.4

Quality criterion - Name: Filtering and reports / Weighting: 3

Quality criterion - Name: Accountability / Weighting: 3

Quality criterion - Name: Trail Reports / Weighting: 5

Price - Weighting: 20

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

The term of the contract will be for an initial 2 years and the council

have the option to extend for a further 24 months at its sole discretion

During the course of the contract period the range and scope of these services

may be

subject to modification and variation to meet the changing needs and requirements

of the

Council, potential changes in legislation and the changing demands placed on the

Council by

its customers


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2022/S 000-017377


Section five. Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

7 December 2022

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 6

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Welfare Call Ltd

36-40 Doncaster Road

Barnsley

S70 1TL

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKG - West Midlands (England)
Companies House

06835794

The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £285,668

Total value of the contract/lot: £285,668


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Royal Court of Justice

The Strand

London

Country

United Kingdom