Official UK procurement notice
Harlow College CFP for Finance System
Authority: Harlow College (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe College wishes to tender for a capable, competitive, collaborative and experienced provider of Finance Systems to provide a new solution to cover all aspects of this tender process.
- How the procedure runs: A Competitive Flexible Procedure comprising a two-stage restricted tender process conducted in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023
CPV: Financial analysis and accounting software package
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£220,000
- Economic & financial standing
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- Technical & professional ability
In the first instance, candidates should register with multiquote.com and express an interest in the contract. Contract details can be found under the 'Opportunities’ section of the multiquote.com homepage. A Selection Questionnaire (SQ)must be completed and returned (via multiquote.com) as part of the request to participate process. Candidates will need to provide as part of the request to participate process evidence of business quality standards, accreditations, and relevant experience. Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in proving false or inaccurate information may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with the process.
What it takes to wini
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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 sub-criteria (2)
- Quality / Technical Criteria: 40%
- Price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality / Technical Criteria
- Price
- Economic & financial standing
In the first instance, candidates should register with multiquote.com and express an interest in the contract. Contract details can be found under the 'Opportunities’ section of the multiquote.com homepage. A Selection Questionnaire (SQ)must be completed and returned (via multiquote.com) as part of the request to participate process. Candidates will need to provide as part of the request to participate process evidence of business quality standards, accreditations, and relevant experience. Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in proving false or inaccurate information may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with the process.
- Technical & professional ability
In the first instance, candidates should register with multiquote.com and express an interest in the contract. Contract details can be found under the 'Opportunities’ section of the multiquote.com homepage. A Selection Questionnaire (SQ)must be completed and returned (via multiquote.com) as part of the request to participate process. Candidates will need to provide as part of the request to participate process evidence of business quality standards, accreditations, and relevant experience. Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in proving false or inaccurate information may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with the process.
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- Goods
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Aug 2026, 17:39 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Aug 2026, 17:39 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 2 Aug 2027
- Authority reference
CA18272- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-076979- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e312Find a Tender
- How it runs
A Competitive Flexible Procedure
comprising a two-stage restricted tender process
conducted in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 15 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 8 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
12 Aug 2026 → 2 Aug 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published73 days ago12 Aug 2026, 17:39 BST
- Clarification questions by46 days ago8 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline39 days ago15 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today24 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 282 days2 Aug 2027, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected byin 283 days2 Aug 2027, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published12 Aug 2026, 17:39 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender