Finance Selection Partner · UK public procurement notice

Pre-market engagement will be in the form of a one hour presentation/webinar (with an opportunity for Q&A at the end) to interested parties giving an overview of our

requirements which will start to form the basis of dialogue with interested parties.

The online presentation/webinar will be held on MS Teams between 16.00 and 17.00 on the 5th November 2026. The link to join the presentation is below:-

Microsoft Team meeting Join: teams.microsoft.com/meet/374373925543262 ↗

Should you be unable to attend this meeting, we will be uploading the recording on our eProcurement portal (see link below).

To help us refine our requirements we will be inviting all interested parties to submit a brief, up to 4 pages Capability and Feedback Summary (this is optional).

Please structure your response around the following key areas based on the provided scope of requirements in the description and following our presentation:

• your capacity to mobilise within the anticipated period;
• relevant Finance and ERP selection experience;
• experience of working with complex, highly regulated or comparable organisations;
• the proposed blend of Finance, technology, data, architecture, procurement and change expertise;
• how they would maintain independence and manage potential conflicts of interest;
• whether they have commercial relationships with software vendors or implementation partners;
• their proposed high-level approach and principal deliverables;
• any initial observations on the proposed scope or procurement approach;
• an indicative delivery duration and resource profile;
• indicative pricing or pricing assumptions, if requested by Anchor; and
• any information or decisions they would require from Anchor before bidding.

Independence and conflicts of interest:-

Anchor requires transparency regarding any relationships that could affect, or reasonably be perceived to affect, the supplier’s independence. Suppliers must identify relevant alliances, referral arrangements, implementation partnerships, reseller relationships, commissions or other commercial relationships with Finance software vendors or implementation providers that may be considered during the selection.

Suppliers should explain how any actual, potential or perceived conflicts would be recorded, managed and disclosed throughout the engagement.

Appointment as the selection partner will not confer any right or expectation of appointment to a subsequent software implementation or systems-integration role. Anchor reserves the right to establish proportionate restrictions within the subsequent procurement documentation.

Please follow the link below on Anchor's eProcurement portal to see our open opportunities (where you will be able to register your interest via the Anchor Supply Portal, your company on our e-procurement portal, review the specification and upload any supporting documentation - www.anchor.org.uk/about-anchor/become-… ↗

Please respond with your Capability and Feedback summary by lunchtime (13.00) 10th November 2026 via Anchor's eProcurement portal, where Anchor will use a targeted approach to allocate slots and will prioritise suppliers whose summaries most closely meet the above areas.

This exercise is strictly for market research and requirement-gathering purposes. Your response will not be scored, graded, or used to select or disqualify suppliers for the future formal tender. Choosing not to submit a summary will not disadvantage your organisation in any future formal procurement process.

Anchor will then be hosting a MS Teams 1-2-1 session 13th November 2026 (14.30-16.30/30mins) for some of the interested parties. This 1-2-1 session will include a short supplier presentation, based on feedback summary including indicative costs and pricing assumptions and an opportunity to flag restrictive, missing or technically unviable requirements in the draft scope.

This will be an opportunity for the market to have a two-way dialogue with the Anchor team to understand and help shape the requirements and strategy for the procurement

and to also comment on the proposed procurement process. It will also allow Anchor to understand the capacity and capability of the market and the art of the possible.

Any findings during these sessions which are relevant to the tender will be made clear and accessible to all participants during the submissions period.