Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Academies Enterprise Trust
183 Eversholt Street, London
London
NW1 1UB
Contact
Clive Hammond
chammond@academiesenterprisetrust.org
Telephone
+44 7900827152
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKI - London
Internet address(es)
Main address
http://www.academiesenterprisetrust.org
Buyer's address
https://www.mytenders.co.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA28989
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Education
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Tender for the Provision of a Schools Management Information System
Reference number
T164/2021
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72212190 - Educational software development services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short 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.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services
- 72300000 - Data services
- 72600000 - Computer support and consultancy services
- 80100000 - Primary education services
- 80200000 - Secondary education services
- 80340000 - Special education services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKC - North East (England)
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
- UKF - East Midlands (England)
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
- UKH - East of England
- UKI - London
- UKJ - South East (England)
- UKJ3 - Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- UKJ4 - Kent
- UKK - South West (England)
- UKL - Wales
Main site or place of performance
the trust head office is in London and our 57 current academies are spread across England and Wales
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
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.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: as per procurement documents / Weighting: 100
Price - Weighting: 0
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
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: 2021/S 000-008829
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
T164/2021
A contract/lot is awarded: No
five.1) Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
(MT Ref:223744)
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Public Procurement Review Service
Cabinet Office
London
publicprocurementreview@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 3450103503
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-procurement-review-service-scope-and-remit