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Salford City Council
– Record of Decision
 
I Paul Dennett, City Mayor, accept the
recommendation of the Procurement Board and in exercise of the
powers contained within the Council Constitution do hereby
approve:
 

to Award the Contract to ICT
Revolutions to provide Data Migration and Implementation Services
for the Liquidlogic EYEs Module, as
detailed in the table below:

Detail
required

Answers

Title/Description of Contracted
Service/Supply/Project

ICT Revolutions to Provide Data Migration and
Implementation Services & End user Training for the
Liquidlogic EYEs
Module

Procurement Reference numbers (DN and CR number
supplied by Procurement)

S1177a

Name of Successful
Contractor

ICT Revolutions

Supplier Registration Number
(to be supplied by
Procurement

08541894

Proclass
Classification
No.
(to be completed by
procurement)

261517

Type of organisation
(to be supplied by
Procurement)

Private Limited Company

Status of Organisation
(to be supplied by
Procurement)

Non-SME

Contract Value (£)

£ 1,097,250.00 per
annum

Total contract value £ (including
extensions)

£ 1,097,250.00  total project
value

Contract Duration

12 months

Contract Start Date

01/08/2025

Contract End Date

31/08/2026

Optional Extension Period 1

months

Optional Extension Period 2

months

Who will approve each Extension
Period?

Choose an item

Contact Officer (Name &
number)

Jennifer Mcilquham - 7932356

 

 

 

Lead Service Group

Reform & Transformation

How the contract was procured?
(to be supplied by
procurement)

Direct Award/ Call off

Framework Details (where
applicable)
(procurement body, framework reference & title,
start/ end date

Crown Commercial Services
GCloud
14
RM1557.14

Funding Source

Revenue Budget

Ethical Contractor (EC): Mayor’s Employment
Charter

No
 

EC: Committed to sign The Mayor’s Employment
Charter

No
 
 

EC: Committed to the principles outlined in the
Mayor’s Employment charter

Yes
 

EC: Accredited Living Wage
Employer

Yes
 

EC: Committed to becoming Accredited Living wage
Employer

Yes
?

 
The Reasons
are:

Background

In 2021, Salford City Council replaced its
legacy Carefirst system with the
Liquidlogic Early Help (EHM) and
Children’s Social Care (LCS) modules, marking a major step
forward in the digital transformation of Children’s Services.
To complete this transformation, the Council now intends to procure
the final module in the Liquidlogic
suite Early Years and Education Services (EYES) to replace the
ageing CapitaOne system, currently used
for all Education and Early Years recording.
 
The implementation of EYES will allow the
Council to consolidate multiple standalone systems into a single,
unified case management platform. This will create one system and
one client record spanning Early Years, Early Help, and Social Care
supporting more effective multi-agency working, safeguarding, and
improved outcomes for children and families. It also represents a
foundational component in the Council’s wider digital and
data strategy, including alignment to the Innovate Salford
Programme and Community Solutions model.
 
To deliver this complex and time-critical
programme successfully, the Council proposes to engage ICT
Revolutions, a trusted delivery partner with highly specialised
experience in Liquidlogic
implementations.
 
ICT Revolutions previously partnered with the
Council to deliver the 2021 roll-out of LCS and EHM, providing
essential implementation, data migration, and configuration
support. Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, ICT
Revolutions played an integral role in helping the Council meet its
go-live deadlines demonstrating a deep understanding of both the
Liquidlogic platform and
Salford’s organisational environment.
 
Nationally, ICT Revolutions have delivered 26
successful Social Care implementations and 5 EYES implementations,
giving them a rare and invaluable skill set in this highly
specialised area. Their team offers deep technical, data migration
and service delivery expertise, combined with direct experience of
statutory education systems and the specific data, processes and
workflows involved. Crucially, they bring not only technical
knowledge, but also implementation resilience able to quickly adapt
and problem-solve at pace, which is critical in projects of this
nature.
 
The nature of the data to be migrated is
highly sensitive and includes:

School attendance and exclusion
records.
School admissions data.
Early Years provision and funding
data.
Special Educational Needs (SEN) case
records, including Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs).

 
Incorrect handling or delay in migrating this
data could compromise service delivery, statutory returns, and most
importantly child safety. ICT Revolutions employ a proven, phased
delivery model comprising Data Discovery, Initiation,
Implementation, and Handover, each with defined governance
checkpoints to ensure delivery is safe, secure, and auditable.
 

Time Sensitivity and Delivery
Risk

The EYES implementation must be completed and
fully operational by July 2026, in order to meet the statutory
school admissions cycle. However, critical system integration, data
migration, user training, and go-live activities will need to take
place in the 12-month period between July 2025 and July 2026,
following final system development and configuration. This
represents a compressed and high-risk delivery window.
 
Failure to deliver within this timeframe would
jeopardise the Council’s ability to process school admissions
for the 2026/27 academic year and risk significant operational
disruption across Early Years and Education services. Additionally,
a delay could result in dual-running legacy systems introducing
cost, complexity, and data integrity risks.
 
The absence of ICT Revolutions’
expertise during this 12-month window presents a substantial
delivery risk. Their in-depth understanding of Salford’s
systems, architecture, and data structures means they are uniquely
positioned to deliver at pace without the lead-in time required by
a new provider. Not securing their services would result in a loss
of critical institutional knowledge, reduced delivery confidence,
and a heightened risk of missed deadlines, compliance failures, and
project overruns.
 
Assessment of
Risk:
A common pitfall regarding the implementation
of a system like  this is the need for
specialist expertise to manage the implementation.
 
The type of data that need to be migrated are
sensitive. These include:

School Admissions.
Early Years.
SEN.

 
It is imperative that this data is migrated in
a safe and strategic manner. ICT Revolutions have the experience of
doing this across the UK with a tried and proven methodology.
 
Securing the services of ICT Revolutions will
allow SCC implementation resources to focus on system configuration
and process change, and to aim for a “go-live” with all
aspects of EYEs at once. This will help to establish ownership for
system users and will avoid the prospect of any group of system
users being left behind. Since processes deal with finance,
providers and members of the public, bringing the finance and the
portals live at the same time will avoid the need for dual working,
and will be operationally easier to organise.
 
The source of
funding is:
The cost of the implementation services
proposed by ICT Revolutions is 1,097,250.00 which is within
the budget allocated for this programme as part of the capital
programme, Capital Bid programme approved for EYES implementation
for £2,164,399.02
 
Legal Advice obtained: Supplied By Tony Hatton 17th
June 2025
 
Financial Advice obtained: Supplied by Paul Guest
23rd June 2025
 
Procurement Advice obtained: Supplied
by Emma Heyes 17th June 2025
 
HR Advice obtained: N/A
 
Climate Change Implications obtained:
N/A
 
Contact Officer: Jennifer Mcilquham
Telephone number: 01617932356
 
 
Signed:     Paul Dennett     Dated:    15 July
2025.
           
       
City Mayor
 
 
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This decision was published on 15 July 2025
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This decision will come in force at 4.00 p.m. on 22 July 2025
unless it is called-in in
accordance with the Decision Making Process Rules.