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# Provision of a Finance Solution and Associated Services to the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-a-finance-solution-and-associated-services-to-the-northern-ireland-assembly-c-ocds-h6vhtk-07971a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** This Planned Procurement Notice relates to requirements that were the subject of a preliminary market engagement exercise undertaken by the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission (Assembly Commission) under Find a Tender Service reference 2026/S 000-080852. The engagement considered replacement solutions for HR, payroll and finance functions. The system must ensure data is exchanged securely. The finance system is expected to support, as a minimum, core financial management and accounting functionality, including general ledger, chart of accounts, budgeting and forecasting, accounts payable, purchase-to-pay, accounts receivable, income management, banking, reconciliations, VAT, fixed assets, financial reporting and audit trails.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (open for submissions, 86 days left when this document was generated)
- **Buyer:** [Northern Ireland Assembly Commission](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northern-ireland-assembly-commission-GB-PPON-PYCW-9139-GQXZ)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £1,100,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 29 January 2027 at 15:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Financial analysis and accounting software package, Software supply services
- **Delivery Location:** UKN06
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-a-finance-solution-and-associated-services-to-the-northern-ireland-assembly-c-ocds-h6vhtk-07971a#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-07971a`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** not shown for these lots; the published data do not support one.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-a-finance-solution-and-associated-services-to-the-northern-ireland-assembly-c-ocds-h6vhtk-07971a#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission method:** Indicative Timetable
Due to the expiry of current contractual arrangements, there is some urgency to have a contract awarded before end March 2027. So to help interested suppliers plan their resourcing, we wish to share some key dates from the procurement plan. These are subject to change depending on business needs.
•Invitations to tender issued - 14 December 2026
•Supplier response to stage 1 submitted – 8 January 2027
•Demonstrations (online preferred) – 13 to 15 January 2027
•Supplier final response to all criteria – 28 January 2027
•Decisions announced – week commencing 22 February 2027
•Contract award – week commencing 8 March 2027
•Contract mobilisation – week commencing 15 March 2027
Additional Information
The Assembly Commission will advertise this tender via our e-sourcing portal – Delta eSourcing.
We would recommend that any suppliers interested in this competition ensure they are register on the portal as well as on the Find a Tender Service where all associated notices will be published.
The Assembly Commission awards all our contracts based on our standard terms and conditions of contract. Suppliers can access the basic template on our website. Whilst the specific terms for this contract are yet to be finalised, suppliers can choose to review these in advance of the tender being published. 
The information in this notice reflects the Assembly Commission’s current intentions and remains subject to business case approval and finalisation of the procurement documents.

## Description
Purpose of this Notice
This Planned Procurement Notice relates to requirements that were the subject of a preliminary market engagement exercise undertaken by the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission (Assembly Commission) under Find a Tender Service reference 2026/S 000-080852. The engagement considered replacement solutions for HR, payroll and finance functions. Following engagement, the Assembly Commission intends to conduct separate procurements for HR & payroll and for finance solutions.
This notice provides advance information to help potential suppliers assess the opportunity, identify any delivery partners and plan bid and demonstration resources. The Assembly Commission intends to rely on this notice as a qualifying planned procurement notice under section 15(3) of the Procurement Act 2023 to enable a reduced tendering period were permitted by section 54. This notice is not a call for competition; the tender notice and associated procurement documents will explain how to participate.
Scope of Requirement
The Assembly Commission intends to undertake two separate procurements for the provision, implementation and ongoing support of a modern human resources and payroll solution and a finance solution.
The procurement forms part of the Assembly Commission's wider objective to modernise corporate systems and processes, improve user experience, strengthen organisational reporting and support data-driven decision making.
Following completion of preliminary market engagement, the Assembly Commission intends to adopt a best-of-breed approach, procuring specialist solutions capable of operating within an integrated corporate services environment. The requirement is therefore not anticipated to comprise a single Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution.
Solutions should support an integrated user experience, effective data sharing, enhanced reporting and analytics, workflow automation, robust governance and security controls, and future scalability.
The Assembly Commission is seeking solutions that support the delivery of:
•Human Resources, including workforce administration, employee and manager self-service, recruitment, onboarding, learning, performance management and workforce reporting.
•Payroll, including payroll administration, statutory compliance, reporting and integration with workforce data.
•Finance, including financial accounting, budgeting, accounts payable and receivable, procurement-to-pay processes and financial reporting.
This planned procurement notice relates to the finance solution requirement only. A separate planned procurement notice is expected to be issued for the HR and payroll solution requirement. The Assembly Commission is not currently seeking to procure a single combined HR, payroll and finance ERP solution through this notice.
The two separate contracts are expected to include software provision, implementation and configuration services, data migration, integration, training and ongoing support and maintenance.
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> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-a-finance-solution-and-associated-services-to-the-northern-ireland-assembly-c-ocds-h6vhtk-07971a)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 48440000, 72268000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £1,100,000

- **Contract Period:** 12/03/2027 to 11/03/2035

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F104440-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-11-03T17:56:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-04T13:12:16.599Z
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