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Tender: Education Technology Managed Service (ETMS) for UK Department of Education

Released 5 months ago

Closed10 Jul 2026

Est. valueEstimate£360K to £174.1M

LocationNorthern Ireland

Agencythe Education Authority

SourceeTendersNI

CategoryIT & Software

Submissions closedClosed Fri, 10 July 2026

About

The EA is seeking a supplier for an Education Technology Managed Service (ETMS) to deliver IT services, networking and intranet software, database and operating software, software programming and consultancy, data services, computer-related services and educational software packages as set out in the procurement documents. The Competition has commenced while the business case process is ongoing and the EA is working with the Department of Education to secure business case approval; progression to the Tender and Award stages will be subject to those approvals. This is a UK public contract advertised under an Open/Competitive Flexible procedure with a Qualification/Technical envelope covering relevant CPV codes.

Insight

This tender could be ideal for IT suppliers and systems integrators experienced in educational software, networking, databases, software development and managed IT services; a key consideration is that progression to Tender and Award stages depends on business case approval and the procurement follows an Open/Competitive Flexible procedure with a Qualification/Technical envelope.

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