Education PIN - Essex County Council

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<p>Our current Education Management System contract will expire in November 2025, and it is<br />planned to start work now on our future vision to allow the authority time to refine its system<br />scope and requirements, for a longer-term contractual arrangement. The Authority&rsquo;s<br />ambition is for change, we are looking at digital partnerships with future suppliers and<br />moving away from services being procured as &ldquo;like for like&rdquo;. We are open to exploring the<br />market to identify technology providers who may not currently be active in the education<br />management system market but who do have both the capability and desire to work<br />alongside an ambitious Local Authority as a system development partner. We are open to a<br />&ldquo;best of breed&rdquo; conversation and are not wedded to one system to fit all &ndash; the key for our<br />authority is purchasing systems that work for the teams using them &ndash; creating the most<br />efficient use of technology to allow our teams to work effectively for our residents. This<br />includes the simple platform level sharing/exchange of and use of data allowing us to work<br />collaboratively across our complex Local Authority system and with partners, with a view to<br />providing insight that informs effective decision making.<br />We are seeking discussion with those organisations with sufficient development and<br />technology infrastructure to build and deliver a high quality, secure and user friendly systems<br />that harness the best that technology offers to digitally enable our education teams and the<br />citizens of Essex in the education services arena.<br />Where you think your organisation could meet the challenges of delivering a modern system<br />capable of enabling the authority to be compliant with ongoing education statutory and<br />regulatory obligations, please send your expression of interest to the below by 12, noon 31st<br />January 2022:<br />Jamie-Lee Fox: jamie-lee.fox@essex.gov.uk<br />Dominic Bellamy: dominic.bellamy@essex.gov.uk<br />Memory Kwada: Memory.kwada@essex.gov.u</p> Keywords: education Information System