The Department recognises the need for a procurement mechanism for learning platforms and management information systems. As such a project was set up to deliver a national framework agreement for information management and learning services, which we are managing on behalf of educational stakeholders.
The objective is to provide a framework offering users choice and flexibility; promoting effective competition; achieving best value for money; and enabling procurement efficiencies.
On 31 October 2011 an invitation to tender (ITT) for the information management and learning services framework was published - the deadline for responses was 22 December 2011.
Responses will be evaluated with the aim of the Government Procurement Service (GPS) delivering the framework - to meet schools’ specific requirements - around the end of March 2012.
Further information
The Becta report - School management information systems and value for money – published September 2010 and available in the associated resources on this page, provides further information on the marketplace for school management information systems, products and services, and specifically the procurement practices in place.
