Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 14 Oct 2025, 14:54 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Corporate Software and Related Products and Services

Official notice

Authority: Crescent Purchasing Consortium Limited (Public body)

GoodsAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£40,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 12 Jan 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 26 Jul 2028 · up to 26 Jul 2030 with extensions · starts 27 Jul 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This 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 published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 27 Jul 2026 – 26 Jul 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 26 Jul 2030 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure 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)
Compliance software packageConfiguration management software packageContact management software packageCustomer Relation Management software development servicesCustomer Relation Management software packageDocument management software packageEducational gamesEducational software development servicesEducational software packageEnterprise resource planning software package
+14 moreFacilities management software packageFinancial analysis and accounting software package
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05cc6d Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

14 Oct 2025 → 27 Jul 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published373 days ago
    14 Oct 2025, 14:54 BST
  2. Latest notice published371 days ago
    16 Oct 2025, 18:25 BST
  3. Market engagement327 days ago
    28 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

  4. Tender notice expected282 days ago
    12 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract starts87 days ago
    27 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Oct 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    14 Oct 2025, 14:54 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    16 Oct 2025, 18:25 BST
    UK2

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

Crescent Purchasing Consortium Limited

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-PPON: PZPR-8554-XHNX Procurement House, Leslie Hough Way, Salford, North West, M6 6AJContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure