The purpose of this VEAT notice is to give prior notice to the market that the Education Authority (“EA”) intends to modify the Contract. The EA considers this is a modification under Regulation 72(1)(e) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The modification is not substantial.

The supply of a broad range of computer and related services (including, without limitation, on-going management, operation and maintenance services), information technology consultancy services and the supply of computer hardware, software and associated products.The overall scope of the services can be summarised as follows: — a fully integrated end to end service to meet the management/administration and learning/teaching needs of educational establishments, — ICT infrastructure and associated services for post primary and special educational establishments, — connectivity to, and provision of a range of online services for all educational establishments. The systems and services provided via the current contract have been uniquely configured to reflect the varying requirements of the Education Authority.