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Pre-market Engagement for Finance System

Accounting software package
Business transaction and personal business software package
Financial analysis and accounting software development services
+6 more
East Midlands (UKF11)
Published value
£350,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Derby College Group: "Pre-market Engagement for Finance System". Published status: planning. Published value: £350,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDerby College GroupScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£350,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Derby College Group
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Derby College Group. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
9.3Bids / Report
33.3% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Aramark LimitedTop vendor: 100% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 5 active published awards; 3 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Aramark Limited1 win£4,724,123
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDerby College Group
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published1 May 2026, 15:13 BST
Last source update1 May 2026, 15:13 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationAccounting software package, Business transaction and personal business software package, Financial analysis and accounting software development services, Financial analysis and accounting software package, Financial analysis software development services, Financial analysis software package, Financial information systems, Financial systems software development services, Financial systems software package
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF11)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06908f
What is being bought
Derby College Group (herein referred to as (“DCG”) wishes to assess the market and review available options for a new Financial Management System. The purpose of this pre-market engagement is to identify interested organisations with whom DCG can engage in discussion with to understand the current marketplace in terms of available systems and functionality. This understanding will be used to determine a longer-term Finance System procurement strategy and ensure the robustness of specified requirement. Subject to PME findings a compliant tender is anticipated later in 2026 for mobilisation to commence ASAP with a delivery start date of 01 August 2027. This is not a competitive procurement, there will be no selection criteria applied nor is engagement in PME a prerequisite for tender. This process is designed to provide an opportunity for DCG to identify and engage with providers in advance of tender to refine requirements to ensure the procurement principles of fairness and transparency are met, and most importantly best outcomes for learners are delivered. Where responses to PME require further discussion DCG will engage with those providers individually and as required. All information provided at PME is indicative only. Please see the PME guidance available for free download from the college's appointed E-Tendering system https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx/Home
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    1 May 2026, 15:13 BST
  2. Status changed to planning
    1 May 2026, 15:13 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    1 May 2026, 15:13 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    1 May 2026, 15:13 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    1 May 2026, 15:13 BST
  2. Procedure published
    1 May 2026, 15:13 BST
  3. engagement
    1 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    Please respond to the Guidance requirements via the Intend portal for consultation. All documents are available for free of charge download from the College's appointed e-tendering system In-Tend Education portal at https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx/Home. Note it is not mandatory to participate in this PME. The PME will be used to better understand and refine requirements before a procurement strategy can be developed. Note DCG reserve the right where best value can be achieved to use a compliant framework for later procurement. This is NOT a tender at this stage. This notice is for engagement only in line with Regulation 17 of the Procurement Act to better understand market developments and how best to design a tender moving forwards to ensure best value for money (including use of frameworks).
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Derby College Group

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PHCR-9151-PMNL
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  • AGM Procurement
    processContactPoint
    procuringEntity

    GB-COH: 07431856
    6A Little Aston Lane, Sutton Coldfield, UKG24, B74 3UF, GB
    anna@agmprocurement.com

  • Derby College Group
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PHCR-9151-PMNL
    Roundhouse Road, Derby, UKF11, DE24 8UG, GB
    tenders@derby-college.ac.uk
Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published