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Provision of Financial Services and System
No classification published
Location not published
Published value
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Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Avon Fire Authority: "Provision of Financial Services and System". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Avon Fire Authority | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | complete No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | Not published |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Avon Fire Authority
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Published history for Avon Fire Authority. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
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Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate availablePayment Terms
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Coverage: 4 active published awards; 0 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. Published-to-award variance 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityAvon Fire Authority | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statuscomplete | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published2 Mar 2026, 16:22 GMT | Last source update2 Mar 2026, 16:22 GMT | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationNot published | ||
Delivery areaLocation not published | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-066017 | ||
What is being bought
This is a transparency notice to notify the market that Avon Fire Authority, operating as Avon Fire & Rescue Service, is planning to award a 4 year (2 year initial term with 2 year extension option) contract to Bristol City Council for provision of financial services.
The contract scope will include:
- Accounting
- Finance System
- Treasury management
- Creditors and
- General revenue services
Estimated contract value (including extensions) £800,000
What changed
From the official release history
- Status changed to complete
2 Mar 2026, 16:22 GMT - Official notice release published
2 Mar 2026, 16:22 GMT - Buyer information updated
2 Mar 2026, 16:22 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedcompletePublished valueNot publishedThe source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
2 Mar 2026, 16:22 GMT - Award pending
Not published · £800,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards Bristol City Council £800,000 · Not published · pending |
ContractsNo contract published |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Avon Fire Authority
Contracting authority GB-PPON-PYYL-6479-DWHXAward and contract changes
Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published |
No-engagement rationaleNot published |
Procedure rationaleAvon Fire Authority is indicating its intention to award a public contract to Bristol City Council for the provision of financial services, in accordance with Section 41 - Direct Award of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) having concluded that 'competition is absent for technical reasons'
This decision is due to technical reasons namely that we have a shared finance database and software solution, meaning no other supplier can provide the system or services
Avon Fire Authority will observe a standstill period of eight working days beginning the day after publication of this notice.
The contract will be awarded in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) and the Procurement Regulations 2024. It is considered that this contract can be awarded by way of a Direct Award to Bristol City Council in accordance with Section 41 and Schedule 5 - paragraph 6
(a)due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and
(b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works. |