Closed tender

Provision of Applicant Tracking System

Details

Value
£350,000
Topic
Office automation software package
Published
7 January 2026
Submission
3 February 2026

Tender description

Our current contract for our existing Applicant Tracking System is due to end on 31 August 2026. Following a recent market testing exercise, Lift Schools now seeks to procure a new Applicant Tracking System (ATS) that enhances candidate experience, ensures full compliance with safer recruitment, and integrates seamlessly with our wider people systems.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published7 January 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date3 February 2026

About the buyer

Academies Enterprise Trust is an academy trust that now trades as Lift Schools. The trust runs 57 schools across 5 regions of England. Its central office is in London. Pre-market engagement notices often come before a formal tender. Some contracts are split into regional lots, such as school catering. Fire risk assessments are carried out for each school every 3 years. Academies Enterprise Trust and The Elliot Foundation Academy Trust sponsor the enFrame CIC ICT Framework for schools.

Over the past 5 years, most of Academies Enterprise Trust's contract awards have been in software and information systems, IT services and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 48920000 · Office automation software package
  • 72313000 · Data capture services

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