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Published 30 Sept 2026, 12:11 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Enterprise Resource Planning System

Authority: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (Central government)

Direct award
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG37)
Awarded value£2,412,716published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to ORACLE CORPORATION UK HOLDINGS LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Sandwell Council are looking to direct award a contract to Oracle Corporation UK Limited for the continued provision of the Council's Oracle Fusion Cloud Services for a two-year period from 31 October 2026 to 30 October 2028. Oracle Fusion is the Council's business-critical Enterprise Resource Planning system supporting Finance, Human Resources, Payroll and Procurement. Following commercial negotiations, a renewal cost for 2 years has been secured, including additional analytics functionality and licence volumes reflecting current business need.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Awarded
Delivery: West Midlands
48451000 Enterprise resource planning software package

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award — no call for competition
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
30 Sept 2026, 12:11 BST
Last source update
30 Sept 2026, 12:11 BST
Authority reference
SMBC 26047
Latest notice
Transparency notice (UK5)
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG37)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077d74
Why no open competition
Switching Direct Award
Published justification
Oracle Fusion was approved as the Council's Enterprise Resource Planning system in October 2019, appointing Oracle Corporation UK Limited for an initial 5-year term with an option to extend for a further 2 years. The system went live in October 2024, following a Council-wide transformation programme, and now underpins Finance, HR, Payroll and Procurement across the organisation. Oracle Fusion is the platform through more…which the Council manages its financial resources, workforce and procurement activity, and its continued operation supports the delivery of all Corporate Plan priorities by ensuring corporate resources are managed efficiently, effectively, and transparently. The Council's own Programme Completion Report identified ninety benefits mapped to the Council's strategic priorities following go-live, including improved budget monitoring, automated approvals, and significant productivity gains for staff. The renewal protects the Council's investment in Oracle Fusion and ensures continued access to systems that are essential to the effective management of financial, workforce and procurement functions. (a) due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £2,412,7161 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ORACLE CORPORATION UK HOLDINGS LIMITED30 Oct 2028 — 30 Oct 2028£2,412,716—Standstill

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 30 Sept 2026
  1. Contract signature expected
    31 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
  2. Transparency notice published
    30 Sept 2026, 12:11 BSTUK5

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PJHD-8764-YRJJ Sandwell Council House, Freeth Street, Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 3DE

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published

Notices published for this procedure

  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender