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    ContractsEducation Services Software Solution - Market Engagement
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    Education Services Software Solution - Market Engagement

    Halton Borough Council invites education software suppliers to participate in market engagement to understand available integrated solutions for education services delivery across admissions, early years, safeguarding, and pupil support functions.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· North WestPublished 21 Sept 2026· TodayviaFind a Tender

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    • Contract value
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    • Closing date
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    • Sector
      IT & Software
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      North West

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    21 September 2026
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    Brief

    Halton Borough Council is conducting preliminary market engagement to evaluate education software solutions to replace or complement its current Access Synergy system. The Council seeks to understand current market offerings, functionality, technology capabilities, integration opportunities, implementation approaches, and costs for a modern, integrated Education Services platform. The solution should support multiple education service functions through a unified platform, including: school admissions (applications, allocations, appeals, statutory reporting), early years services (funding, eligibility, claims, OFSTED data integration), free school meals (applications, eligibility verification, reporting), school admissions module (real-time access for schools), special educational needs and disabilities (referrals through to EHC plans and statutory reporting), pupil support services (case management, exclusions, education welfare), children's centres/family hubs (activity data and reporting), and integrated case management (workflows, document management, chronology, assessments). The Council prioritizes a single, modern, secure platform enabling information sharing across services and consistent management of children, young people, families, providers, and cases. This market engagement exercise aims to identify viable alternatives and understand the range of capabilities available in the current market.

    Track record

    9 awards · 7 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In it software, HALTON BOROUGH COUNCIL has awarded 9 contracts to 7 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. PHOENIX SOFTWARE LTD2× · 22%
    2. IDOX SOFTWARE LTD2× · 22%
    3. DELL CORPORATION LIMITED1× · 11%
    4. Gaist Solutions Limited1× · 11%
    5. INFOSHARE+ LIMITED1× · 11%
    6. CIVICA UK LIMITED1× · 11%

    +1 more supplier

    Across it software, the most active winners are SOFTCAT PLC, PHOENIX SOFTWARE LTD, CIVICA UK LIMITED — the field to beat, or your route in as a partner.

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    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-07768e
    HB
    Buyer
    HALTON BOROUGH COUNCIL
    Sector
    IT & Software