Schools Information Management Systems (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 GBP15376.20 and the lowest value SC is GBP673.50. The schools in the local authority's area whose governing bodies will enter into contracts with ESS are as follows: Abercanaid Primary School Afon Taf High School Bedlinog Primary School Bishop Hedley RC High School Caedraw Primary School Cyfarthfa High School Cyfarthfa Park Primary Dowlais Primary School Edwardsville Primary School Gellfaelog Primary School Goetre Primary School Greenfield Special School Gwaunfarren Primary School Heolgerrig Community School Lawb Provision Pantysgallog Primary School Pen-y-dre High School St Aloysius RC Primary School St Illtyds RC Primary School St Marys RC Primary School Trelewis Primary School Troedyrhiw Community Primary School Twynrodyn Community School Ynysowen Community Primary School Ysgol Gymraeg Rhyd-y-grug Ysgol Gynradd Coed Y Dderwen Ysgol Santes Tudful Ysgol Y Graig 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. Additional information: Contract duration: 36 months