Torfaen County Borough Council Schools Information Management System (SIMS)

Tender 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. Lot 1: 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 is 9105.44GBP and the lowest value SC is 615.06GBP. The schools in the local authority's area whose governing bodies will enter into contracts with ESS are as follows: Abersychan Comprehensive School Alternative Home Tuition Blaenavon Heritage VC Primary School Blenheim Road Community Primary School Coed Eva Primary Croesyceiliog Primary Croesyceliog Comprehensive School Crownbridge Special School Cwmbran High School Cwmbran RC Primary School Cwmffrwdoer Primary School Garnteg Primary School George Street Primary & Nursery School Green Meadow Primary School Griffithstown Primary School Henllys JI School Llantarnam Community Primary School Llanyrafon Primary School Maendy Primary School Nant Celyn Primary School New Inn Primary School Padre Pio RC Primary Penygarn Primary School Ponthir Church in Wales Primary School Pontnewydd JI School St Albans RC Comprehensive School St Davids RC JI School West Monmouth Comprehensive School Woodlands Community Primary School Ysgol Bryn Onnen Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw Ysgol Gymraeg Cwmbran Ysgol Panteg 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. Additional information: Contract duration: 36 months The FA has no value Individual SCs have a value between 9105.44.GBP and 615.06GBP