Education Systems Portfolio
Estimated value
—
Awarded value
£2.9m
Suppliers
1
Lots
1
Published
04 Feb 2026
Description
Norfolk County Council is provisionally awarding a contract to purchase a software system that covers the end-to-end processes in its Children's Services Department. This contract also includes support and maintenance for the system and professional services for implementation and ongoing requirements.
Scope
- Reference
- NCCT42930
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 20 Nov 2025 to 31 Jul 2033
This contract is for an initial term of 7 years plus an additional 5 years plus a further 5 years at the Council's discretion. The start date is the go live date of the system and support and maintenance. The estimate value in this notice is for the full 17 years of the contract not including VAT or indexation.
- CPV classifications
- 720000004800000048100000483110004833000048482000485170004860000072250000722530007226100072212517
- Contract locations
- Norwich and East Norfolk, United KingdomNorth and West Norfolk, United KingdomEast of England, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simple description | Quality is 70% and price is 30%. The quality criteria are 1. Security ( pass/fail) 2. Non functional requirements ( pass/fail) 3. Product (3%) 4. Implementation (4%) 5. Training (1%) 6. Common Functionality (5%) 7. Case management ( 4%) 8.System integration and import/export and extraction of data (4%) 9. Creating and managing cohorts (2%) 10.Early years, childhood and family service (3%) 11.Place planning, Admissions, Transfers, Free school meals and fair access, Home to school transport (3%) 12. SEND planning and provision (5%) 13. Education inclusion (3%) 14. Post 16 (1%) 15. Education funding (2%). 16. Reporting - technical architecture ( 2%) 17. Reporting and analytics (2%) 18. Support (2%) 19. Portals (5%) 20. Configuration (3%) 21 Social Value (1%). | price | — |
Submission & procedure
- Procedure
- Competitive flexible procedure
Award details
Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.
Awarded value
£2.9m
Award date
04 Feb 2026
Contract start
20 Feb 2026
Contract end
30 Aug 2033