Expired contract

ESCC - AO - RFQ - ePEP

Details

Buyer: East Sussex County Council
Supplier(s): eGov Solutions Ltd
Value: £18,525
Duration: 2 years
Topic: Software package and information systems
Published: 13 February 2026
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

East Sussex County Council Children's Services seeks to purchase and implement a new IT system for its Virtual School by mid-February 2024. The Council has a duty to improve the educational outcomes of looked-after children, previously looked-after children, and children with a social worker. Virtual School works in partnership with education providers, social workers, and families to do so. The students Virtual School supports may live in East Sussex or other counties. Virtual School's responsibilities include: o Ensuring the right school placements, that schools have the information they need about students, and that they provide appropriate support, including a Designated Teacher. o Tracking and monitoring attendance, educational progress, and attainment. o Ensuring effective Personal Education Plans are in place, with additional resources or tuition when required, and effective use of Pupil Premium funding. o Championing students' needs along with effective practice to promote their educational outcomes. The Virtual School has 1,115 young people on roll and is currently working with 217 different educational establishments.

Timeline

Completed: Award date19 February 2024
Completed: Award published13 February 2026
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date18 February 2026

About the buyer

East Sussex County Council buys as a local government organisation through Orbis Procurement, a shared service with Surrey County Council and Brighton & Hove City Council. Contracts above a set value are advertised on the Proactis Supplier Network, the council's main tenders site. Larger opportunities also appear on the government's Find a Tender service. Purchase orders and payments run through SAP, the council's purchase-to-pay system, with suppliers paid by BACS. Procurement sits in three categories, People, Place, and Corporate, IT and Governance, each with its own Procurement Partner. An Orbis Joint Committee oversees the partnership's shared procurement service.

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 East Sussex County Council's contract awards have been in transport services, construction work and transport equipment.

Relevant CPV codes

48000000 · Software package and information systems
48517000 · IT software package
72000000 · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
72200000 · Software programming and consultancy services
72260000 · Software-related services
72261000 · Software support services
80000000 · Education and training services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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