1) Can the Council please confirm when they will be testing the market for the Education Management Solution that is currently supported by MRI (previously CAPITA) (expiry March 2027)?
The current contract expires March 2027 but with an optional 2-year extension that will be decided upon nearer to the end of the contract.
2) As per both the Procurement Act 2023 and the Councils own Procurement Policy I am interested to understand how the council will be obtaining best value, especially if the market is not tested via an official procurement.
At a point prior to the end of the contract and in discussions with our leadership and procurement team we will decide on our preferred approach.
3) Please also detail the name, job title and contact details for the council employee who manages this contract.
The job title of the person who manages this contract is ‘ICT Change and Supplier Manager.’
Full names and contact details are exempt from disclosure under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Personal Data).
Devon County Council can confirm the requested information is held; however, the Council cannot disclose personal information if releasing it would contravene any of the provisions in the Data Protection Act 2018. In this instance release of this information would contravene the first data protection principle and therefore the information is withheld.