Official UK procurement notice
Finance Management Systems · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Believe Housing Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFinancial Management System (FMS).
There is a period of implementation so as to be ready for the genuine services, this period of implementation is expected to commence from 5th January 2027.
believe housing reserves the right, subject to compliance with the Procurement Act 2023 and any applicable transparency requirements, to publish any future transparency notice where necessary or appropriate to support the continued provision of the service, including but not limited to any lawful contract extension, modification or other permitted arrangement.
- How the procedure runs: This tender is being carried out utilising the Competitive Flexible Procedures and will consist of a 2 (two) stage process. Stage 1 – Initial Assessment At stage 1, tenders will be evaluated against the criteria set out below for Quality, Price and Social Value. Following the completion of the Stage 1 evaluation, each Tenderer’s combined score for price, quality and social value will be added together to determine each Tenderer’s total score for this stage. Following the evaluation of the Stage 1 responses, believe housing will shortlist the tenderers who we intend to invite to Evaluation Stage 2. Believe housing reserves the right to limit the number of Applicants that are invited to Stage 2, to a maximum of four tenderers, who achieve the highest total overall score for Stage 1. Believe housing reserves the right, in its absolute discretion, to invite more tenderers to Stage 2, if there is a tie in the scores between two or more tenderers for the 4th overall highest scores. Stage 2 – Presentations/Interview Following evaluation of Stage 1, believe housing will invite the highest scoring tenderers (as detailed above) to the presentation/interview stage. The content of the interview/presentation will be confirmed in the invite and will be based on the content of believe housing’s specification and requirements. Overall Tender Scores and Award Methodology Following the completion of both evaluation stages 1 and 2, believe housing will utilise a cumulative scoring model, to identify the Most Advantageous Tender. The cumulative scoring model will be based on: • Stage 1 (Initial Assessment) – 80% • Stage 2 (Presentation/Interview) – 20% The final score awarded to each tenderer shall be the total aggregate scores across both stages.
CPV: Accounting software package · Financial systems software package · Information technology services · Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (3)
- Price
- Quality
- Social Value
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Apr 2026, 17:42 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Jul 2026, 13:28 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 7 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
believe-2025 330- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-064710- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067c61Find a Tender
- How it runs
This tender is being carried out utilising the Competitive Flexible Procedures and will consist of a 2 (two) stage process.
Stage 1 – Initial Assessment
At stage 1, tenders will be evaluated against the criteria set out below for Quality, Price and Social Value.
Following the completion of the Stage 1 evaluation, each Tenderer’s combined score for price, quality and social value will be added together to determine each Tenderer’s total score for this stage.
Following the evaluation of the Stage 1 responses, believe housing will shortlist the tenderers who we intend to invite to Evaluation Stage 2.
Believe housing reserves the right to limit the number of Applicants that are invited to Stage 2, to a maximum of four tenderers, who achieve the highest total overall score for Stage 1.
Believe housing reserves the right, in its absolute discretion, to invite more tenderers to Stage 2, if there is a tie in the scores between two or more tenderers for the 4th overall highest scores.
Stage 2 – Presentations/Interview
Following evaluation of Stage 1, believe housing will invite the highest scoring tenderers (as detailed above) to the presentation/interview stage. The content of the interview/presentation will be confirmed in the invite and will be based on the content of believe housing’s specification and requirements.
Overall Tender Scores and Award Methodology
Following the completion of both evaluation stages 1 and 2, believe housing will utilise a cumulative scoring model, to identify the Most Advantageous Tender.
The cumulative scoring model will be based on:
- Stage 1 (Initial Assessment) – 80%
- Stage 2 (Presentation/Interview) – 20%
The final score awarded to each tenderer shall be the total aggregate scores across both stages.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 3 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 20 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Submissions must be received via in-tendhost.co.uk/believehousing/aspx/… ↗
Timeline
2 Apr 2026 → 1 Apr 2028 · 8 dates- Planning notice published207 days ago2 Apr 2026, 17:42 BST
- Market engagement192 days ago17 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
Please provide completed PME questionnaire by 12noon on Friday 17th April 2026.
- Next notice expected118 days ago30 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published109 days ago9 Jul 2026, 13:28 BST
- Clarification questions by67 days ago20 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline53 days ago3 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 41 days7 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts1 Apr 2028, 00:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Apr 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published2 Apr 2026, 17:42 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published9 Jul 2026, 13:28 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £1,500,0009 Jul 2026, 13:28 BST
- Status changed to active9 Jul 2026, 13:28 BST
- Procurement method changed9 Jul 2026, 13:28 BST
- Deadline published: 3 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST9 Jul 2026, 13:28 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender