5. OGC
“UK Government
will consider OSS
solutions alongside
proprietary ones in
IT procurements.
Contracts will be
awarded on a
value for money
basis.”
6. EDM
That this House congratulates the Open
University and other schools, colleges and
universities for utilising free and open source
software to deliver cost-effective educational
benefit not just for their own institutions but
also the wider community; and expresses
concern that Becta and the Department for
Education and Skills, through the use of
outdated purchasing frameworks, are
effectively denying schools the option of
benefiting from both free and open source
software and the value and experience small
and medium ICT companies could bring to the
schools market.
8. Becta - Frameworks
Functional Requirements
Technical Specifications
Invitations to Tender, eg
Net worth >£700K
D&B risk ≥3
3+ years audited accounts
History of major education sector contracts
Atomwide - Moodle & Elgg
Sirius - SEIF
And yet...
10. Open Source Schools
“Becta wishes to ensure that schools are
aware of and can access the wide variety
of open source software in the
marketplace. To achieve this it recognises
that they must be supported in its
awareness, adoption, deployment, use
and ongoing development.”
Red Hat, Canonical, OSS-Watch,
AlphaPlus
Coordinate and support the community
of schools who use and develop open
source
12. BSF
Should we be?
LA Vision and Strategy for Change
ICT Output Specification
PfS & LEP
ICT as Managed Service
Local Choice Fund