Procurement publication of Education system

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Dear Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council,

In accordance with the National Procurement policy (June 2021) Section 13 could you please outline when the council will publish procurement activity for its Education Management system currently provided by Capita One.

Yours faithfully,

Sehej Singh

InfoMgr, FinDMT, Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear Sehej Singh

We are in receipt of your request:

“In accordance with the National Procurement policy (June 2021) Section 13
could you please outline when the council will publish procurement
activity for its Education Management system currently provided by Capita
One.”

In order to respond accurately to your enquiry, please provide further
information that would assist us in identifying the required information
i.e. contract number and title of the service you are requesting. Without
additional information / clarification of your request we are not able to
identify the relevant information.  As soon as we do receive your
clarification, we will attend to your enquiry within 20 working days.

Yours sincerely

Lynette Paterson

Principal Information Management Officer

Wirral Council

PO Box 290
Brighton Street
Wallasey
CH27 9FQ

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InfoMgr, FinDMT, Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear Sejeh Singh

In response to your recent enquiry:

“In accordance with the National Procurement policy (June 2021) Section 13
could you please outline when the council will publish procurement
activity for its Education Management system currently provided by Capita
One.”

Wirral Council can advise that this contract will be extended for a
further two years and will not be recommissioned when it expires.

Yours sincerely

Lynette Paterson

Principal Information Management Officer

Wirral Council

PO Box 290
Brighton Street
Wallasey
CH27 9FQ

Email: [1][Wirral Borough Council request email]

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Dear InfoMgr, FinDMT,

Thank you for your reply, please can you explain why this will not be recommissioned when the contract expires in 2 years?

Yours sincerely,

Sehej Singh

InfoMgr, FinDMT, Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Sejeh Singh

In response to your recent email, we can advise that the contract will not be recommissioned when the contract expires as the system will no longer be required.

Yours sincerely

Lynette Paterson
Principal Information Management Officer
Wirral Council
PO Box 290
Brighton Street
Wallasey
CH27 9FQ

Email: [Wirral Borough Council request email]

Visit our website: www.wirral.gov.uk

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Dear InfoMgr, FinDMT,

Please can you explain why this will solution will no longer be required? Which provider will be managing this?

Yours sincerely,

Sehej Singh

InfoMgr, FinDMT, Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear Sehej Singh

This service will continue to be supported by the current provider until
expiry. The service will be decommissioned because the Council is changing
its approach and it will not be required.

Yours sincerely

Lynette Paterson

Principal Information Management Officer

Wirral Council

PO Box 290
Brighton Street
Wallasey
CH27 9FQ

Email: [1][Wirral Borough Council request email]

Visit our website: [2]www.wirral.gov.uk

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Dear InfoMgr, FinDMT,

As per my last email, please can you outline which provider will be managing this?

Yours sincerely,

Sehej Singh

InfoMgr, FinDMT, Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear Sejeh Singh

The current provider is Capita, as previously informed and outlined by you
in your original FOI request dated 21 September 2021.

Yours sincerely

Lynette Paterson

Principal Information Management Officer

Wirral Council

PO Box 290
Brighton Street
Wallasey
CH27 9FQ

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Dear InfoMgr, FinDMT,

"The service will be decommissioned because the Council is changing
its approach and it will not be required"

Please can you explain the meaning of the above?

Yours sincerely,

Sehej Singh

InfoMgr, FinDMT, Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear Sejeh Singh

We have provided you with all of the information held in relation to the
contract in question.  The service has decided not to recommission the
contract upon its expiration and no further details are available.

Yours sincerely

Lynette Paterson

Principal Information Management Officer

Wirral Council

PO Box 290
Brighton Street
Wallasey
CH27 9FQ

Email: [1][Wirral Borough Council request email]

Visit our website: [2]www.wirral.gov.uk

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Dear InfoMgr, FinDMT,

If the council have decided to not to recommission the Capita One contract, please can you outline which supplier will be looking after this solution?

Assuming this is another supplier please can you outline how this has been done In accordance with the National Procurement Policy (Section 13).

Yours sincerely,

Sehej Singh

InfoMgr, FinDMT, Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Sejeh Singh

As previously advised the current contract will continue until expiration. We have provided you with all recorded information in relation to your original request.

No information is available at this time regarding any future contracts. Please see the information available at this link on how the Council do business - https://www.wirral.gov.uk/business/tende.... Any future opportunities will be handled by Wirral Council's Corporate Procurement Team and made available on the Chest www.the-chest.org.uk

Yours sincerely

Lynette Paterson
Principal Information Management Officer
Wirral Council
PO Box 290
Brighton Street
Wallasey
CH27 9FQ

Email: [Wirral Borough Council request email]
Visit our website: www.wirral.gov.uk

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