Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Education Authority · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Fujitsu Services Limited
- Value
- £485,000,000
- Procedure
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Networking, Internet and intranet software package (CPV 48200000)
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Official notice
- 037794-2023 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 Dec 2023
- Published22 Dec 2023Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
The Education Authority (EA) has a requirement to procure a Strategic Partner, to provide services including a School Management System (SMS) for Nursery, Primary, Post Primary, Special schools and EOTAS centers. The Strategic Partner will be required to deploy, support and manage a modern architecture, technical infrastructure and secure services for schools. These services will improve the learning experience of our young people, supporting teaching through technology, develop skills for the future and support the EA and its educational stakeholders to improve educational outcomes. The education service will deliver high levels of reliability, stability and performance and reduces the burden and risk on the Education Authority and school staff with regard to the security, technical setup, configuration, maintenance and support of any element of the future service. The EA is seeking a fully integrated and interoperable solution which will provide anywhere anytime access to, and assoc…
About the supplier
Fujitsu Services Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00096056).