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Pilot to assess DfE-MIS data exchange for sector insight and policy decisions.

Department for Education · Education

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Department for Education has announced plans to buy IT and software work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

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What the notice says

The Department for Education is keen to work with multiple MIS suppliers in England and explore how we can harness the potential of data to provide new and valuable insights to share with schools, academy trusts, and local authorities in England to improve outcomes for children and young people, parents and carers. During this pilot phase, we aim to test the value of increasing data flows from school MIS systems to DfE across selected data domains, to improve the breadth and timeliness of information available for system‑level analysis. The individual pilots will run in phases, with each pilot designed to test the increase in data flows from school MIS systems to the DfE and is expected to run for approximately 6-12 weeks.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
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Timeline

  1. Prior information notice · notice 002358-2026
  2. Contract notice (update) · notice 004155-2026
  3. Contract notice (update) · notice 027609-2026

About the buyer

Department for EducationLast 12 months

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40

Awards

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From notice 002358-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 12 January 2026, last updated 26 March 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.