Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Newcastle City Council
Civic Centre
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE
NE18QH
Contact
James Wood
Telephone
+44 1912777433
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKC22 - Tyneside
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
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
008064 - Post 16 Learning Management Information System (2024)
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Newcastle City Council (NCC) has a requirement for a Post 16 Learning Management Information System (MIS). NCC anticipates the Contract to be awarded by the end of November 2024 and Solution to be fully implemented with Go-Live by May 2025.
NCC is seeking Tender Responses from providers that have a commercially available, fully functional Solution able to provide a Post 16 learning sector management information system. The solution should be dynamic, intuitive, and fully compliant with ESFA data recording, reporting and management requirements. This Solution should administer, document, track, report and deliver precise data reports to enable Newcastle City Learning to provide accurate and credible ILR reports, Ofsted data and bespoke data reports from all Newcastle City Learning's provision.
The management of the Solution will have strong central governance to ensure consistency in use, which is required to provide robust management information. This will be used to inform statutory returns and submissions to the funding body: Education Skills Funding Agency. Data reports will also be supplied to Ofsted, Newcastle City Learning's Advisory Board and other bodies on request.
Documents can be accessed free of charge at www.NEPO.org
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKC - North East (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Newcastle City Council (NCC) has a requirement for a Post 16 Learning Management Information System (MIS). NCC anticipates the Contract to be awarded by the end of November 2024 and Solution to be fully implemented with Go-Live by May 2025.
NCC is seeking Tender Responses from providers that have a commercially available, fully functional Solution able to provide a Post 16 learning sector management information system. The solution should be dynamic, intuitive, and fully compliant with ESFA data recording, reporting and management requirements. This Solution should administer, document, track, report and deliver precise data reports to enable Newcastle City Learning to provide accurate and credible ILR reports, Ofsted data and bespoke data reports from all Newcastle City Learning's provision.
The management of the Solution will have strong central governance to ensure consistency in use, which is required to provide robust management information. This will be used to inform statutory returns and submissions to the funding body: Education Skills Funding Agency. Data reports will also be supplied to Ofsted, Newcastle City Learning's Advisory Board and other bodies on request.
Documents can be accessed free of charge at www.NEPO.org
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 70
Price - Weighting: 30
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £200,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
36
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
2 x 12 month extensions
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: 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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
19 August 2024
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
20 August 2024
Local time
12:00pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
N/A
N/A
Country
United Kingdom