Awarded contract

School Visit, Meeting and File Solution

Details

Buyer: Essex County Council
Supplier(s): Angel Solutions Limited
Value: £69,840
Duration: 3 years
Topic: Software-related services
Published: 10 September 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Angel Solutions provides software solutions (Pendulum and Broadcast) to enable ECC to securely communicate with schools. It also uses national quantitative data provided by NCER, a non-profit organisation owned by Local Authorities and the DfE. Data provided cannot be accessed from any other provider. The data is analysed by the Performance & Business Intelligence Team and ECC uses it to challenge the standards and outcomes in schools in the authority. The data is used to provide information for a range of stakeholders including members. The system is also used to store visit notes and documents shared securely between ECC and schools. ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published10 September 2025
Current notice
Completed: Award date10 September 2025
Next: Contract expiry date31 August 2028in 2 years

About the buyer

Essex County Council is a local authority that procures through three in-house teams, Corporate, Place and People. Larger opportunities are advertised through Open, the council's own tendering and contract management platform. Smaller and lower-value contract notices instead appear on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. The Place team commissions highways, waste, energy and transport work, including a dedicated Dynamic Purchasing System for bidders. Construction projects separately run through the Essex Construction Framework, a route for regional contractors. The People team commissions education, social care, adult support and public health services across the county.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Essex County Council's contract awards have been in IT services, construction work and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

72260000 · Software-related services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@essex-county-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@essex-county-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@essex-county-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@essex-county-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@essex-county-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@essex-county-council.gov