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Provision of a Specialist IT Consultant

Caerphilly County Borough Council · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

Caerphilly County Borough Council (the “Council”) is seeking preliminary market engagement with suitable IT Consultants (providers). The Council currently has an education management information system with Access (Synergy) and is looking for a suitable provider to undertake the following works to meet the Councils and wider objectives as outlined below:- Early Years has to report against multiple grant terms and conditions as well as analyse the impact of the funding for children and families including the wellbeing for the most vulnerable children and families. Currently the Strive reporting tool uses SQL coding to enable the reports needed to pull the current data from the education database. In the future the education database is changing, and so reports may need to be rewritten, possibly in PowerBI, and the early years team supported to be able to write future reports as requirements from WG change. The Council requires the reports to be written so that they can pull the data needed to be compliant with the terms and conditions of the grant and the requirements for SAIL uploads from April 2025. Therefore, the work required is outlined below : 1. writing the current 102(+) reports needed using SQL coding (to save internal postholder/s the manual time used currently), a. 33 different reports to support Data Officers in their role, for example, i. exception report – childcare – early years education, not taking up ii. exception report – flying start outreach – no delay reason iii. unborn checks iv. early years registered – Welsh communication v. early years registered – NHS number incorrect format vi. antenatal no due date – amendment b. attendance – 80% attendance c. 25 different reports to add to the pupil profile, for example, i. Amend childcare and school history ii. Amend early years intervention iii. Contacts – parent disability and medical conditions iv. Emerging and needs – medical condition amendment d. 5 for emerging needs, for example, i. Automated email of change of attendance ii. Emerging needs panel agenda report - amendment iii. Exception report – early years worker, no COP stage e. 2 reports for Flying Start workbook amendments f. 17 different reports for Flying Start childcare reporting, for example, i. Exception report – Flying start childcare application – eligible no offer ii. Exception report – flying start childcare ICP – multiple settings iii. Exception report – flying start childcare ICP – session and hours iv. Exception report – flying start childcare ICP – sessions exceed 5 g. 3 reports for Request for support process h. What matters meeting data 2. then time to migrate those 100+ reports plus all existing reports into PowerBI or whichever is the preferred reporting tool on the new (Synergy) education cloud based data system, 3. as well as time to train staff in the existing team to allow sustainability for future report development/tweaks. The successful consultant will be required to complete the work in the next six (6) month period. Action area 1 will be required more urgently and should be first priority. Action 2 and 3 will depend on the migration of the database to the new Education Management Information System and is dependent on the procurement outcome. Caerphilly County Borough Council (the “Council”) is seeking expressions of interest from suitable providers who have the capacity and capability to meeting the Council’s objectives as detailed above. This preliminary market engagement exercise is open to all interested parties. Following the preliminary market engagement a tender exercise maybe undertaken. To participate in the preliminary market engagement exercise, please ensure you have an active account on our e-Tendering portal, Proactis: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/ Within Proactis, you can find the exercise within the opportunity: Provision of IT Specialist Consultant RQST14560 The exercise consists of interested providers completing the Preliminary Market Engagement Questions within the question tab of the e sourcing portal. For support and assistance with participating in this exercise, please contact a member of the Supplier Relationship Team, who’s details have been provided below: Jemma Ford 01443 863163 fordj1@caerphilly.gov.uk Hayley Jones 01443 863234 Jonesh21@caerphilly.gov.uk

Classification

  • CPV72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-059282
Status
planning
Above Threshold
No
Main Procurement Category
services

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
22 Sept 2025, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Ends
31 Mar 2026, 23:59
Starts
1 Oct 2025, 00:00

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKL16
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
72000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
053278-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
2 Sept 2025, 16:12

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
16 Sept 2025, 23:59
Description
Caerphilly County Borough Council (the “Council”) is seeking expressions of interest from suitable providers who have the capacity and capability to meeting the Council’s objectives as detailed above. This preliminary market engagement exercise is open to all interested parties. Following the preliminary market engagement a tender exercise may be undertaken. To participate in the preliminary market engagement exercise, please ensure you have an active account on our e-Tendering portal, Proactis: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/ Within Proactis, you can find the exercise within the opportunity: Provision of IT Specialist Consultant RQST14560 The exercise consists of interested providers completing the Preliminary Market Engagement Questions within the question tab of the e sourcing portal. For support and assistance with participating in this exercise, please contact a member of the Supplier Relationship Team, who’s details have been provided below: Jemma Ford 01443 863163 fordj1@caerphilly.gov.uk Hayley Jones 01443 863234 Jonesh21@caerphilly.gov.uk Please note that interested providers must submit their expression of interest to the e sourcing portal no later than 12:00 Noon Tuesday 16 September 2025.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PWHP-2369-JPYL
Name
Caerphilly County Borough Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKL16
Country
GB
Locality
Hengoed
Postal Code
CF82 7PG
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Penallta House, Tredomen Park

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Entry 2
Id
GB-WLS
Scheme
UK_CA_DEVOLVED_REGULATIONS
Description
Welsh devolved regulations apply

Identifier

Id
PWHP-2369-JPYL
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Helen Sellwood

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Hengoed · UKL16 · CF82 7PG · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKL16 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

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  1. ocds-h6vhtk-059282-2025-09-02T16:12:27+01:00Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·