Tender: Halton Borough Council Preliminary Market Engagement for Integrated Education Services Software

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Halton Borough Council is seeking suppliers for an integrated Education Services software solution and is conducting a preliminary market engagement to understand current market capability, functionality, technology, integration opportunities, implementation approaches and indicative costs. The Council, currently an Access Synergy customer, is interested in modern, secure platforms that can support multiple functions including admissions (applications, preferences, eligibility, allocations, offers, waiting lists, appeals, correspondence, reporting and creation/export/import of statutory admission files), FIS/Early Years (funding, eligibility, applications, provider management, claims, payments, reconciliation, reporting, EY Census production, FIS Childcare Directory and ‘OFSTED Feed’ API data import), Free School Meals (applications, eligibility, verification, notifications, records and reporting), SAM (school admissions module allowing schools real-time access to admissions round allocations and FSM entitlement), SEND (referrals, assessments, EHC needs assessments and plans, parent and professional portals, reviews, consultations, placements, provision, funding, correspondence, transport and statutory SEN2 reporting), PSS (referrals, case management, interventions, actions, outcomes, professional involvement and reporting including Education Welfare functions, penalty notices, exclusions, AP, EOTAS, elective home education, entertainment licences and chaperones), Children’s Centres (capturing activity data across Family Hubs and reporting) and EIS case management (workflows, referrals, tasks, alerts, contacts, chronology, document management, correspondence, assessments, outcomes, audit trails and reporting).