Educational software package

Tender description

We want a service that provides the following services: — establishment of user accounts, — records of qualifications awarded, — a link in the new Gloucestershire County Council Website and to promote Adult Education services, — an online search functionality for courses provided by the Adult Education Department, — course management, — booking functionality, — payment Functionality (possibly a case of directing customers to a merchant acquirer portal to ensure PCI DSS compliance). The new portal will need to have: — Adult Education Department and Gloucestershire County Council, — Skills Funding Agency, — European Social Funding, and, — Matrix Branding. We have procured a Service Contract using the Open procedure. The high-level requirements are: — web portal to enable online bookings, — management Information System to enable relevant information is collected and provided to the Skills Funding Agency and OFSTED, — course and Exam management, — the provision of a PCI DSS compliant system, — relevant branding to the new portal, — configuration Management of the service, — hosting of the service, — security, — business continuity and disaster recovery, and, — maintenance and support of the system, including system upgrades, patches, testing and release management.