Beebug have been named as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) RM6098 TePAS 2 framework for Lot 6 Education Technology and Lot 8 technology Catalogue. Lot 6 Education Technology replaced the previous Education Technology RM6103 framework.

Crown Commercial Service supports the public sector to achieve maximum commercial value when procuring common goods and services.

In 2019/20, CCS helped the public sector to achieve commercial benefits worth over £1bn – supporting world-class public services that offer best value for taxpayers.

Crown Commercial Service (CCS) supports the public sector to gain the greatest commercial value when buying common goods and services

The CCS RM6098 framework is designed to offer all schools, academies, colleges, free schools and multi-academy trusts access to selected suppliers in order to provide suitable education specific ICT solutions. CCS suppliers have been through rigorous tests to ensure they offer best value, are financially stable and have a good understanding of ICT in education so that schools have complete peace of mind when procuring ICT solutions. This service takes the onus away from schools to perform due diligence checks and obtaining multiple quotes from sometimes unknown suppliers, and instead delivers an easy to use mini tender service where all checks and value for money criteria have already been performed.

All services provided through the CCS RM6098 framework will be supplied, installed and supported within the terms of the framework agreement offering schools complete peace of mind.

Beebug are proud to announce that we are now a official solution provider of LEGO® Education products! This is a fantastic teaching and Learning tool, that is intuitive and easy to use. LEGO® Education SPIKE™ gets students excited about hands-on STEAM learning. Using story driven online components LEGO® Education SPIKE™ utilises an easy to follow assembly guide for a wide range of national curriculum aligned, STEAM, activities. All linked back to a scratch-based coding platform.

Part of the LEGO Learning System, SPIKE Essential offers 5 units of 8 x 45-minute, standards-aligned STEAM lessons. You can view the lesson plans (which include the key objectives, resources and educational standards) for free here: https://education.lego.com/en-gb/lessons. Select SPIKE™ Essential under Products to access the range of Primary School targeted activities, which can then be filtered further by age range (KS1 / KS2).

Beebug have a demo kit available and can arrange larger scale on site demos for larger opportunities.

SPIKE™ Prime is geared towards KS3 with more advanced options allowing for more complicated activities. Featuring an advanced programmable Hub. This advanced yet simple-to-use, brick-shaped device features 6 input/output ports, 5×5 light matrix, Bluetooth connectivity, a speaker, 6-axis gyro and a rechargeable battery.

Check out the SPIKE™ App to view the lesson plans in action (no install required on a PC or MAC, iOS and Android apps are available for the App Store and Google Play).