planningFind a Tender · planning Update

Replacement Finance System for the Choice Housing Group

BuyerChoice Housing Ireland Ltd

Statusplanning

DeadlineNot published

ValueValue not published

Published7 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Choice is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to award an arrangement for the provision of a new Finance System. The group wishes to engage with suppliers through the process of a Pre-Market Engagement. The key modules that the Choice requires in a suitable Finance system are: • General Ledger • Accounts Payable • Accounts Receivable • Cash Receipting • Bank reconciliation • Fixed assets • Budgeting and forecasting • Procurement • Accounting for subsidiaries where applicable

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning

Contract periodFrom 1 Jul 2026 to 30 Jun 2036

What is included

Item	Category	Quantity
1	Financial analysis and accounting software package, Financial analysis software package, Financial systems software package, Accounting software package, Accounting system, Billing system, Software programming and consultancy services, Software implementation services, Software development services, Procurement software package	Not published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 48. The category anchor is Financial analysis and accounting software package (48440000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison set	Procedures	Reported bids per procedure	Named award suppliers	Price evidence
Market: CPV division 48	6,469	1 median · 8.7 average (2,361 of 6,469 with a bid count)	1.7 average (2,759 of 6,469 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Same buyer	0	Not published	Not published	Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published

Dynamic purchasing systemNot published

Competitive procurementNot published

Recurring requirementNot published

Procurement method rationaleNot published

Rationale classificationsNot published

Special regimeNot published

Covered byNot published

Submission policyNot published

Selection criteriaNot published

Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published

No-engagement rationaleNot published

Planning documents1

Planning milestones1

Milestone	Type	Due	Status
All details included in attachment document.	engagement	19 Jan 2026	scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender planning · marketEngagementNotice

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCID	ocds-h6vhtk-060005
Latest release ID	001138-2026
Latest release timestamp	Wed Jan 07 2026 14:53:20 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	Not published
Tender status	planning
Procurement method	Not published
Procurement method details	Not published
Main procurement category	services
Above threshold	No
Legal basis	2023/54
Tender period: start	Not published
Tender period: end	Not published
Expression of interest deadline	Not published
Enquiry deadline	Not published
Award period: start	Not published
Award period: end	Not published
Submission method details	Not published
Submission languages	Not published
Electronic catalogue policy	Not published
Total tender value	Not published
Tender lots in source	1
Tender items in source	1
Tender documents in source	0
Awards in latest release	0
Contracts in latest release	0
Parties in latest release	1

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
7 Jan 2026	planningUpdate	001138-2026
6 Jan 2026	planning	000636-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON

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Complete JSON history (2 releases)

7 Jan 2026 · 001138-2026 · planningUpdate

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6 Jan 2026 · 000636-2026 · planning

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