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Newport City Council

Provision of a School Management Information System (MIS) to Schools within Newport

Electrical EquipmentCPV 72000000
Value£2,600,000
Deadline6 Jul 2026
Published8 Jun 2026
RegionNationwide

£2,600,000 — stated in the notice

Timeline
Published 8 Jun 2026ClosedCloses 6 Jul 2026
Who to contact
Joanne James
joanneclaire.james@newport.gov.uk
+441633987782

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£2.6mtotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£3.5m

This is a large award for IT Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 36,449 valued IT Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Newport City Council (the Council) are seeking a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution for the provision of a comprehensive Schools Management Information System (MIS).

The primary objective of this tender is to procure a solution that enables schools to efficiently and effectively fulfil statutory and legislative responsibilities.

The solution must support compliance with all relevant Welsh educational regulations and standards.

The solution must provide a provision for 57 schools including Primary Schools, Secondary Schools, Special Schools and the Pupil Referral Unit (PRU).

The required school management information system should streamline administrative processes, enhance data management, and improve overall operational efficiency.

It is essential that the solution minimises the need for third party add-ons by encompassing a wide range of functionalities within a single platform.

This will ensure that schools can operate seamlessly without the additional burden of procuring and managing multiple solutions.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The solution must support compliance with all

The solution must support compliance with all relevant Welsh educational regulations and standards.

02

The solution must provide a provision

The solution must provide a provision for 57 schools including Primary Schools, Secondary Schools, Special Schools and the Pupil Referral Unit (PRU).

03

The required school management information system should

The required school management information system should streamline administrative processes, enhance data management, and improve overall operational efficiency.

04

This will ensure that schools can operate

This will ensure that schools can operate seamlessly without the additional burden of procuring and managing multiple solutions.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
tender · Open
Source
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054026-2026
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