Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-10-18
Buyer: LGSS on behalf of Cambridgeshire County Council
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72268000: Software supply services
Submission deadline: 2016-11-21
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC) on behalf of LGSS Finance wishes to invite Tenders to set up a sole supplier Framework for the supply of services in respect of Schools Financial Planning Tool.
LGSS Finance is looking for a web-based hosted solution, please note that it is not looking for a bespoke software development.
It is estimated that the total value of the framework will not be less than 45 000 GBP or greater than 750 000 GBP However there will be no guarantee of work or volume of work to be given under this framework contract.
Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC) on behalf of LGSS Finance wishes to invite Tenders to set up a sole supplier Framework for the supply of services in respect of Schools Financial Planning Tool.
The Cambridge Schools Team (‘CST’) provide a Financial and Support Service to schools and academies within Cambridgeshire. The support service is centred on two financial toolkits. The Budgetary Control Report (BCR) toolkit and the Schools Budgeting toolkit (SBT), which provide the ability for a school to plan, set and monitor their budgets. The tools are important to ensure that the information sent to the Council for statutory purposes is submitted in a consistent format for the Council. The service also provides first line support for the tool, a consultancy service and training. Schools are able to buy some or all of the service provided, and currently CST have 176 maintained schools reporting to them (as of September 2016), and are supporting a handful of academies.
Cambridgeshire County Council shall call-off the framework agreement after its completion for a period of 2 years and eight months with option to extend for 1 further year.
Schools Financial Services will provide training and a skills support service for all users, although technical support will be required from the provider. The use of the product to schools/academies within this solution is to be controlled by the Schools Financial Services.
— Partners and other organisations delegating services and or functions to LGSS (currently Cambridgeshire County Council, Milton Keynes Council and Northamptonshire County Council, Norwich City Authority and Northampton Borough Council) who participate in LGSS' shared services venture;
— Any city, district, borough or other local authority and any school, academy, university or other educational establishment within the counties of any LGSS partner authority (currently Cambridgeshire County, the City of Milton Keynes and Northamptonshire County) including Northamptonshire Partnership Homes;
— Any companies or organisations set up by participants in LGSS and members of the local authority purchasing group, Central Buying Consortium (CBC).
The Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the Contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the Contracting Authority before the Contract is entered into. Such additional information should be requested from (refer to address in Part I.1) If an appeal regarding the award of Contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Chapter 6) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly where a Contract has not been entered into the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the Authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the Contract has been entered into the Court may order the ineffectiveness of a Contract where serious breach have occurred in addition to any fine. The Court may instead provide for alternative penalties either contract shortening fines or both.