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03 Contract Award Notice - Successful Supplier(s)

Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council Schools Information Management System (SIMS)

  • First published: 30 March 2022
  • Last modified: 30 March 2022

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Contents

Summary

OCID:
ocds-kuma6s-120077
Published by:
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
Authority ID:
AA0278
Publication date:
30 March 2022
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
03 Contract Award Notice - Successful Supplier(s)
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

Transition from existing contractual model of perpetual licence of SIMS to local authority with associated support services, to software as a service model contracting directly with individual schools to provide SIMS and associated support services CPV: 72000000, 72000000, 72260000, 72261000, 72300000, 72310000, 72320000.

Full notice text

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council

General Offices, Steelworks Road

Ebbw Vale

NP23 6DB

UK

Contact person: Lee Williams

Telephone: +44 1495311556

E-mail: lee.williams@blaenau-gwent.gov.uk

NUTS: UKL16

Internet address(es)

Main address: http://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk/

Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0278

I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

I.5) Main activity

Education

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council Schools Information Management System (SIMS)

II.1.2) Main CPV code

72000000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

Transition from existing contractual model of perpetual licence of SIMS to local authority with associated support services, to software as a service model contracting directly with individual schools to provide SIMS and associated support services

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement

Lowest offer: 767.00  GBP/ Highest offer: 28 226.00  GBP

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

72000000

72260000

72261000

72300000

72310000

72320000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKL16

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Prior to the award of these contracts, the current provider -ESS- had a contract with the local authority under which it provided a perpetual licence to the local authority for the purpose of providing SIMS to the schools in the local authority's area, with associated support services.

ESS has now served notice to terminate that contract and requires that, in order to continue provision of SIMS, individual schools must enter into direct contracts with ESS to receive SIMS as software as a service.

In order to bring about the transition, the local authority will enter into a Facilitation Agreement "FA" with ESS under which nothing of value is received by ESS and no material services are provided to the local authority; it is purely an administrative arrangement to effect the transition.

Each school in the local authority's area will enter into a School Contract "SC" with ESS for the direct provision of SIMS as software as a service, at substantially the same cost as before.

The highest value SC over the 3 year contract term is 28226GBP and the lowest value SC is 767GBP.

The schools in the local authority's area whose governing bodies will enter into contracts with ESS are as follows:

- Abertillery Learning Community

- All Saints RC Primary School

- Beaufort Hill Primary School

- Blaen-y-Cwm Primary School

- Bryn Bach Primary School

- Brynmawr Foundation School

- Coed-y-Garn Primary School

- Cwm Primary School

- Deighton Primary School

- Ebbw Fawr Learning Community

- Georgetown Primary School

- Glanhowy Primary School

- Glyncoed Primary School

- Pen-y-Cwm Special School

- Rhos-y-Fedwen Primary School

- River Centre 3-16 Learning Community

- Swffryd Primary School

- St Illtyds Primary School

- St Josephs RC Primary School

- St Marys Church Primary School

- St Marys RC Primary School

- Tredegar Comprehensive School

- Willowtown Primary School

- Ysgol Gymraeg Brohelyg

- Ystruth Primary School

The local authority publishes this notice on behalf of itself and the schools listed above but is not acting as a central purchasing body on behalf of the schools.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

II.2.14) Additional information

Contract duration: 36 months

The FA has no value

Individual School Contracts have a value between 28226GBP and 767GBP

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition

Justification for selected award procedure:

The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive

Explanation

This contract award notice is published on a wholly voluntary basis and without prejudice to the local authority's and the governing body of each individual school's position that no prior publication of a contract notice, and thus no competitive tender exercise, was required in respect of the Facilitation Agreement (FA) and/or the individual Schools Contracts (SC). Neither the local authority nor the governing body of any of the schools listed above accepts that the FA and/or the individual SCs are within the scope of application of Part 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

Section V: Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

29/03/2022

V.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 0

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Education Software Solutions Limited

11 Kingsley Lodge, 13 New Cavendish Street

London

W1G9UG

UK

NUTS: UKI

The contractor is an SME: No

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: Lowest offer: 767.00  GBP / Highest offer: 28 226.00  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information

(WA Ref:120077)

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

High Court

Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

UK

Telephone: +44 2079477501

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

30/03/2022

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
72300000 Data services IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
72320000 Database services Data services
72310000 Data-processing services Data services
72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support Computer and Related Services
72261000 Software support services Software-related services
72260000 Software-related services Software programming and consultancy services

Delivery locations

ID Description
1016 Gwent Valleys (Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly)

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
lee.williams@blaenau-gwent.gov.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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