Provision of a Teacher Professional Learning System
Estimated value
£13.5m
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
1
Published
24 Jul 2026
Description
The Education Authority is inviting tenders for the purpose of establishing a contract for the supply/provision of a Teacher Professional Learning System (TPL) System for: • Schools • Teaching Staff • EA Teacher Professional Learning Provision • External Educational Stakeholders • Approved TPL 3rd party providers The Contract is for a period of 5 Years with the possibility of extension for 2 years + 2 years + 1 year The EdIS Programme is a significant programme of work taking place to procure and implement systems and services for the Education Authority and schools. This project is being taken forward as part of the implementation of the Department's TransformED Strategy under separate business case and funding cover to the EdIS Programme. EA’s intention is to award the contract to one supplier for a five-year period with the possibility of extension for two years + two years + one year.
Scope
- Reference
- EDiS-25-007
- Total value
- £13,500,000 excluding VAT£16,200,000 including VATAbove the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 11 Oct 2026 to 09 Oct 2031Possible extension to 09 Oct 2036
EA’s intention is to award the contract to one supplier for a five-year period with the possibility of extension for two years + two years + one year. Suppliers should note that the Business Case for this project is still being finalised. Suppliers should note that the Business Case, once approved will cover the initial period and TPL requirement only.
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 72000000480000004810000072200000722100007221100072212000722121007221216030211300
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Award Criteria - Quality | Breakdown of Award Criteria including individual Weightings as listed in Tender Documentation | quality | 60.00% |
| Award Criteria - Cost | As detailed in Tender Documentation | cost | 40.00% |
Participation
Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.
N/A
The conditions of participation relating to technical ability are contained in the procurement document “Attachment 1 EdiS-25-007 Specific Tender Instructions and Assessment Methodology”. EA will assess responses to the conditions of participation relating to technical ability in accordance with the scoring method and scoring matrix provided within the procurement document in reation to question CoP 1 Capability and Expertise.
Submission & procedure
- Enquiry deadline
- 21 Aug 2026, 2:00 pm
- Submission deadline
- 02 Sept 2026, 2:00 pm
- Submission address
- Tender must be submitted electronically via the following; https://etendersni.gov.uk/
- Electronic submission
- Yes
- Procedure
- Competitive flexible procedure