CapitaOne Education Software Maintenance and Associated Services

Tender description

Buckinghamshire Council are purchasing provision from Capita Business Services Limited for the support and maintenance of the Council's existing suite of Capita One Education Software, using terms based on a call-off from Framework Agreement Y20023 let by KCS Procurement Services. The contract between Capita Business Services Limited and Buckinghamshire Council will run for 5 years, effective from 1 April 2022, and will expire on 31st March 2027. A list of the supported modules is available on request. Additional information: This is a direct award of a software maintenance contract under regulation 32(b)(ii) and (iii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The ONE system is a proprietary software platform owned by Capita Business Services Limited and separately licensed by Capita to the Contracting Authority. The system was created to be a database capturing statutory Education data. To meet statutory requirements, the Capita ONE system needs to be upgraded triennially, which cannot be achieved without software updates produced only by Capita. The parties have contracted on terms based on a call-off from Framework Agreement Y20023 let by KCS Procurement Services.