Award

Provision Of An Online Educational Psychology Assessment Software And Licences

  • The Education Authority

UK6: Contract award notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-079085

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05aaf6 (view related notices)

Published 2 December 2025, 11:01am

Last edited 2 December 2025, 4:36pm

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Scope

Reference

ICT-25-009

Description

The scope of this contract is for Provision of an Online Educational Psychology Assessment Software and Licences for the Educational Psychology Service to assess verbal and nonverbal cognitive abilities in children and young adults including creation, scoring and reporting.

The EPS service require 180 licences for staff and access to 130,000 assessments per annum.


Contract 1. ICT-25-009 - Provision of an Online Educational Psychology Assessment Software and Licences

Supplier

Contract value

  • £468,900 excluding VAT
  • £562,680 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Award decision date

28 November 2025

Date assessment summaries were sent to tenderers

28 November 2025

Standstill period

  • End: 11 December 2025
  • 8 working days

Earliest date the contract will be signed

12 December 2025

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2028
  • Possible extension to 31 December 2030
  • 5 years

Description of possible extension:

one optional extension of a period of 2 years

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services
  • 85300000 - Social work and related services

Information about tenders

  • 1 tender received
  • 1 tender assessed in the final stage:
    • 0 submitted by small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
    • 0 submitted by voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
  • 1 supplier awarded contracts
  • 0 suppliers unsuccessful (details included for contracts over £5 million)

Procedure

Procedure type

Open procedure

Special regime

Concession


Supplier

Pearson Education Limited

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PBHP-6465-TLVW

7 St Philips Road, Burton On The Wolds

Loughborough

LE12 5TS

United Kingdom

Region: UKF22 - Leicestershire CC and Rutland

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Supported employment provider: No

Public service mutual: No

Contract 1. ICT-25-009 - Provision of an Online Educational Psychology Assessment Software and Licences


Contracting authority

The Education Authority

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PPHJ-6982-JPXY

40 Academy Street

Belfast

BT1 2NQ

United Kingdom

Region: UKN06 - Belfast

Organisation type: Public authority - central government

Devolved regulations that apply: Northern Ireland