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Published 25 Sept 2026, 11:20 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Financial Planning Solution — UK public procurement notice

Authority: CADENT GAS LIMITED (Public body)

Services
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48)IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsstarts 1 Mar 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Request for Information (RfI) seeks market insight and a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) for replacing Cadent’s current financial planning solution. The RfI will help Cadent understand available solution capabilities, delivery approaches, implementation effort, indicative timescales, operating models and whole-life costs. It is a market-testing exercise only and does not commit Cadent to a particular solution, supplier or subsequent procurement route.

CPV: Financial analysis and accounting software package · Software development services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Planned 3 yrs
Contract period: 1 Mar 2027 — 28 Feb 2030 (3 yrs)
48440000 Financial analysis and accounting software package72262000 Software development services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
25 Sept 2026, 11:20 BST
Last source update
25 Sept 2026, 11:20 BST
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Financial analysis and accounting software packageSoftware development services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077a4e

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice publishedearlier today
    25 Sept 2026, 11:20 BST
  2. Market engagementin 14 days
    10 Oct 2026, 00:59 BSTKey milestones 1. RFI Issue Date: 25/09/2026 2. Supplier Q&A Deadline: Midday 01/10/2026 3. RFI Clarification Release: 05/10/2026 4. RFI Submission Deadline: Midday 09/10/2026
  3. Contract startsin 156 days
    1 Mar 2027, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    25 Sept 2026, 11:20 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

CADENT GAS LIMITED

Contracting authorityPrivate utility GB-COH: 10080864 Cadent Gas Limited, Pilot Way, Coventry, West Midlands, CV7 9JU

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure