# PQ0241 - School-level forecasting and pupil yield - AWARD

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## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Birmingham City Council](/buyers/birmingham-city-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Edge Analytics Ltd
- Award value: £54,000
- Award date: 8 June 2020
- Published: 8 December 2020
- Contract start: 8 June 2020
- Contract end: 7 June 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 754f3d5c-10dd-4472-85fe-5deb791dc4e6-398883
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7914df21-e770-440b-bcfd-cfd295730040

## Description

The Council requires a supplier for the provision of School Place Planning commission focused on school-level forecasting and pupil yield from new housing developments\. Birmingham City Council carries out school place planning and is responsible for providing forecasts and a strategy that supports the city's residents and schools\. Ensuring sufficient schools and school places for children receiving state-funded education in Birmingham is a key city council duty\. Currently school place planning forecasts are carried out at planning area level; with 40 areas for primary \(Reception to Year 6\) and 10 areas for secondary \(Year 7 to 13\)\. However, with a growing school estate, 87 different admission authorities and a changing school population, it has become critically important to extend our capability to include pupil forecasts for individual schools\. Part A - Forecasting A robust and transparent forecasting model and methodology to provide pupil forecasts for individual schools for each year group for the next 5 years, school planning areas in accordance with SCAP requirements, and other geographical areas as required\. This will be used to as part of our annual SCAP submission return in July 2020\. A model that allows for scenarios to be considered with associated place planning e\.g\. changes in migration\. An agreed format of forecasting reports to be used with all stakeholders\. Part B - Pupil Yield The key outcome of this commission is to establish a robust evidence for pupil yield \(Pupil Product ratio\) that can be applied to forecasts and developer contribution calculations\. This contract will be for a period of up to 12 months commencing April 2020\. BCC will be using its e-tendering system \(in-tend\) for the administration of this procurement process and providers must register with the system to be able to express an interest\. The web address is: https://in-tendhost\.co\.uk/birminghamcc Registration and use of In-tend is free\. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the In-tend correspondence function\. If you are unable to register with In-tend please either email us at: cps@birmingham\.gov\.uk or call 0121 464 8000\. If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Councils tender Portal: https://in-tendhost\.co\.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register as a bidder\. We will send you a log on and password so you can download the quotation document\. Your completed quotation documentation should be returned by 12:00 noon on 20th March 2020 via the 'In-tend' system https://in-tendhost\.co\.uk/birminghamcc

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/754f3d5c-10dd-4472-85fe-5deb791dc4e6-398883)