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Suppliers will work with selected schools to plan, develop, implement, onboard, test and support the required capability within live school Management Information System environments.\nThe required services are expected to include:\n•\tdesigning and developing the required system integration;\n•\tcompleting relevant NHS England onboarding, security and assurance activities;\n•\tsupporting participating schools through onboarding and testing;\n•\tresolving defects and supporting operation during the Alpha;\n•\tcollecting technical, operational and user evidence;\n•\treporting on implementation effort, costs, timescales, data quality, match rates, error rates and technical barriers; and\n•\tproducing indicative roadmaps, costs, assumptions and implementation considerations for any potential future national rollout.\nThe Alpha is intended to generate evidence on technical feasibility, implementation complexity, supplier readiness, operational impact, user value, costs and scalability. The findings will inform future decisions concerning any subsequent Beta phase or wider national implementation.\nThe Department expects to appoint up to two suppliers, with funding of up to £150,000 excluding VAT available per supplier.\nThis pipeline notice provides advance information only. It does not commence a procurement process and does not constitute a commitment by the Department for Education to award a contract. 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