Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
London Grid for Learning Trust
9th Floor, 10 Exchange Square, Primrose Street
London
EC2A 2BR
Contact
Mr Terry Brewer
Telephone
+44 2082555555
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
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
Proactive Technical Monitoring (Safeguarding) service – Managed
Reference number
LGfL/Contracts/GCloud13/Safeguarding/S enso/Managed/05/24
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 48190000 - Educational software package
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
LGfL was founded in 2001 as a charity to advance education, in particular by providing and assisting in the provision of information and communications technology to London schools for the benefit of the children attending those schools. LGfL’s Objects enable it to provide services to a wide range of beneficiaries including schools, Multi Academy Trusts, Councils, Health Services, the Police, Housing and Community Services.
LGfL delivers its Objects by focusing on:
1. Saving Schools Money
2. Keeping Children Safe
3. Protecting and Securing Schools
4. Energising Teaching and Learning
5. Promoting Wellbeing
6. Tackling Inequality
In the light of new Department for Education standards and updates to Keeping Children Safe in Education, LGfL conducted a procurement via G-Cloud 13 (CCS RM1557.13) seeking to enter into a contractual agreement to implement an Appropriate Proactive Technical Service for Safeguarding Children in Schools to complement its safeguarding centre of excellence and tie in with its existing expertise and track record in web filtering.
The Service provides alerts to schools in line with LGfL’s functionality requirements to ensure that designated safeguarding teams are made aware of individual events and trends helping them to keep children safe online and respond in a timely fashion with informed by clear evidence that can potentially save lives. Alerts may relate to bullying or other peer-on-peer harassment or abuse, child sexual or criminal exploitation and related grooming, as well as markers of self-harm and suicide, radicalisation and a range of other key safeguarding areas
As a result of this procurement LGfL have entered into an agreement with a supplier to provide pro-active and re-active safeguarding services.
Services include but are not limited to the following;
• Automatic Safeguarding and Monitoring software technology
• System Service, Development and Training
• Safeguarding Incident Management
• System Implementation/Integration and On Boarding
• Human Review Services Pro-active Monitoring
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £2,000,000 / Highest offer: £4,000,000 taken into consideration
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 72212190 - Educational software development services
- 72212730 - Security software development services
- 75121000 - Administrative educational services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
LGfL was founded in 2001 as a charity to advance education, in particular by providing and assisting in the provision of information and communications technology to London schools for the benefit of the children attending those schools. LGfL’s Objects enable it to provide services to a wide range of beneficiaries including schools, Multi Academy Trusts, Councils, Health Services, the Police, Housing and Community Services.
LGfL delivers its Objects by focusing on:
1. Saving Schools Money
2. Keeping Children Safe
3. Protecting and Securing Schools
4. Energising Teaching and Learning
5. Promoting Wellbeing
6. Tackling Inequality
In the light of new Department for Education standards and updates to Keeping Children Safe in Education, LGfL conducted a procurement via G-Cloud 13 (CCS RM1557.13) seeking to enter into a contractual agreement to implement an Appropriate Proactive Technical Service for Safeguarding Children in Schools to complement its safeguarding centre of excellence and tie in with its existing expertise and track record in web filtering.
The Service provides alerts to schools in line with LGfL’s functionality requirements to ensure that designated safeguarding teams are made aware of individual events and trends helping them to keep children safe online and respond in a timely fashion with informed by clear evidence that can potentially save lives. Alerts may relate to bullying or other peer-on-peer harassment or abuse, child sexual or criminal exploitation and related grooming, as well as markers of self-harm and suicide, radicalisation and a range of other key safeguarding areas
As a result of this procurement LGfL have entered into an agreement with a supplier to provide pro-active and re-active safeguarding services.
Services include but are not limited to the following;
• Automatic Safeguarding and Monitoring software technology
• System Service, Development and Training
• Safeguarding Incident Management
• System Implementation/Integration and On Boarding
• Human Review Services.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Technical Proactive Monitoring / Weighting: 17.5
Quality criterion - Name: System service, development and training / Weighting: 5
Quality criterion - Name: System Implementation/Onboarding / Weighting: 10
Quality criterion - Name: Compatibility with systems, devices and directories / Weighting: 5
Quality criterion - Name: Human review service / Weighting: 12.5
Quality criterion - Name: Reference Sites / Weighting: 10
Price - Weighting: 40
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations
Explanation:
This Notice is being issued to inform the market of an award of contract following a compliant procurement conducted under G-Cloud 13 - Crown Commercial Services reference - CCS RM1557.13
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
LGfL/Contracts/GCloud13/Safeguarding/S enso/Managed/05/24
Title
Proactive Technical Online Monitoring Service
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
9 September 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Renato Software Limited
11 High Street,
Ruddington, Nottingham
NG11 6DT
Telephone
+44 1158577592
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Internet address
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £2,000,000 / Highest offer: £4,000,000 taken into consideration
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts Of Justice
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom