Financial Management System
Financial Management Accounts Receivable Accounts Payable Employee Expenses Reporting & Analytics
Award criteria
Quality — Written submission and demonstration stage (75%)
Price (25%)
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MDC requires high level solution requirements for the replacement of Financial Management and Project Management & Resourcing systems. Suppliers who meet the requirements are invited to submit responses in accordance with this published invitation to tender (ITT). The tender will be published in 2 lots: • Lot 1: Financial Management system; and • Lot 2: Project Management and Resourcing System. Suppliers may tender for one or both lots, submitting separate Bidder response documents for each lot. Lots will be evaluated separately and independently by different teams of evaluators, some of whom may be independent experts not directly employed by MDC. MDC reserves the right to make either separate awards for each lot or a combined award if this provides improved value. Details are at https://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/AdvertSummary?projectId=fa2795b9-1a13-f111-813c-005056b64545&projectStepId=062895b9-1a13-f111-813c-005056b64545
UK, GB · UK, GB
Financial Management Accounts Receivable Accounts Payable Employee Expenses Reporting & Analytics
Award criteria
Quality — Written submission and demonstration stage (75%)
Price (25%)
Workflow Programme/Project/work package/task management - Resource Management - Timesheet recording and approvals workflow - Project Budget and Forecast (including labour and non-labour elements) - Visibility of financial actuals and budget vs actuals over time (with actuals derived from the finance system) - Portfolio Management
Award criteria
Quality — Written submission and demonstration stage (75%)
Price (25%)
| Item | Category | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Software package and information systems | Not published |
| 2 | Software package and information systems | Not published |
Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 48. The category anchor is Software package and information systems (48000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.
| Comparison set | Procedures | Reported bids per procedure | Named award suppliers | Price evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market: CPV division 48 | 3,178 | 1 median · 6 average (1,043 of 3,178 with a bid count) | 1.5 average (1,172 of 3,178 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Same buyer | 0 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Delivery region: UK | 833 | 1 median · 9 average (243 of 833 with a bid count) | 2.3 average (281 of 833 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Similar published value (0.5×–2×) | 292 | 3 median · 3 average (1 of 292 with a bid count) | 1 average (1 of 292 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.
Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.
No planning milestones published.
No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.
Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.
| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-065df6 |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 017897-2026 |
| Latest release timestamp | Fri Feb 27 2026 13:02:34 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017897-2026 |
| Tender status | active |
| Procurement method | open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Main procurement category | goods |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| Legal basis | 2023/54 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | 2026-03-24T12:00:00Z |
| Expression of interest deadline | Not published |
| Enquiry deadline | 2026-03-24T12:00:00Z |
| Award period: start | Not published |
| Award period: end | 2026-05-01T23:59:59+01:00 |
| Submission method details | Register at https://procontract.due-north.com/register to express an interest and get access to the Invitation to Tender documents. If you have problems accessing the ITT documents, please contact Procurement@md.catapult.org.uk |
| Submission languages | en |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | £300,000 |
| Tender lots in source | 2 |
| Tender items in source | 2 |
| Tender documents in source | 4 |
| Awards in latest release | 0 |
| Contracts in latest release | 0 |
| Parties in latest release | 1 |
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Feb 2026 | tenderUpdate | 017897-2026 |
| 27 Feb 2026 | tender | 017754-2026 |
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