Official UK procurement notice
Corporate Software and Related Products and Services
Authority: Crescent Purchasing Consortium Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is an information gathering exercise named Preliminary Market Engagement. The purpose of this exercise is to gather information from suppliers who provide Corporate Software and Related Products and Services outlined within the document, to assist in forming agreeable Terms and Conditions for Call-off that meets the needs of CPC’s members and potential suppliers to the framework.
In addition to the above we will be looking to review the lot structure of the framework and gain opinions on the framework type (standard framework or open framework).
Following this, we aim to go out to tender, to form a framework that offers Corporate Software and Related Products and Services to the education sector and also the wider public sector via Crescent Services Home - Crescent Services Limited.
Please complete the questionnaire along with the Preliminary Market Engagement Declaration. Details are available via MultiQuote: suppliers.multiquote.com ↗
MultiQuote reference CA16588
Please note that this is not a procurement exercise and therefore by submitting a response to this notice, you are not bidding for a place on the framework or for any associated work at this stage. Following this preliminary market engagement process, we will review responses received and make any necessary changes to the planned procurement exercise that will follow.
Potential lots may include but are not limited to are:
Lot 1 – Financial Management Software
Lot 2 – Human Resource Software
Lot 3 – Payroll System Software
Lot 4 – Multi-Purpose Lot for Lots 1 -3
Lot 5 – Management Information Systems (MIS)
Lot 6 – Educational Management and Communications Software excluding MIS
Lot 7 – Project Management & Resource Planning Software
Lot 8 – Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Systems
Lot 9 – Estates Management Software including CAFM Systems
Any resulting framework from this exercise will be available to Further Education Institutions, Universities, Sixth Forms, Academies, Schools, Museums and other similar organisations who are CPC Members (www.thecpc.ac.uk/members/regions.php ↗) and all CPC future members (www.gov.uk/guidance/get-informa… ↗).
Local Authorities may also wish to use the resulting framework when procuring on behalf of Educational Establishments.
The framework will also be available to the Wider Public Sector www.thecpc.ac.uk/suppliers/eligible-p… ↗) via Crescent Services.
CPV: Compliance software package · Configuration management software package · Contact management software package · Customer Relation Management software development services · Customer Relation Management software package · Document management software package · Educational games · Educational software development services · Educational software package · Enterprise resource planning software package · Facilities management software package · Financial analysis and accounting software package · +12 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Oct 2025, 14:54 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Oct 2025, 18:25 BST
- Authority reference
CA16588- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-066089- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05cc6dFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
14 Oct 2025 → 27 Jul 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published373 days ago14 Oct 2025, 14:54 BST
- Latest notice published371 days ago16 Oct 2025, 18:25 BST
- Market engagement327 days ago28 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
If you wish to be involved in this Preliminary Market Engagement, please complete the questionnaire and sign and return the embedded Preliminary Market Declaration document by 11.59pm on 28th November 2025. The questionnaire can be found at: suppliers.multiquote.com ↗
MultiQuote reference CA16588
- Tender notice expected282 days ago12 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts87 days ago27 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Oct 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published14 Oct 2025, 14:54 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published16 Oct 2025, 18:25 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender