Notice Information
Notice Title
Property Management Software renewal
Notice Description
The Property Management System is a business-critical application that underpins the City of London Corporation's management of its extensive freehold and leasehold property portfolio. This is an award notice for the software renewal made through the CCS TE PAS Framework (Lot 3), via Softcat plc as the authorised reseller of MRI Software. This Contact is for 5 years commencing from the 1st of October 2025.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The system facilitates the collection and administration of approximately PS180 million per annum in rental and service charge income, supporting leasehold billing, financial reporting, and compliance with key standards such as IFRS16.
Procurement Information
The MRI Lease and Property Management System is a business-critical application supporting the City of London Corporation's management of its extensive freehold and leasehold portfolio. It facilitates the collection and administration of millions per annum in rental and service charge income and underpins compliance with IFRS 16 and other statutory reporting requirements. The award was made through the CCS TE PAS Framework (Lot 3), via Softcat plc as the authorised reseller of MRI Software. The framework has been procured through a fully compliant and EU-advertised process; therefore, a call-off under this framework does not require separate OJEU publication, in accordance with Regulation 33 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This direct award is further justified under Regulations 32(2)(b)(ii) and (iii), which permit award without prior publication where competition is absent for technical reasons and only one supplier can provide the required services. The MRI system is a proprietary solution, uniquely configured to the City's complex lease, financial, and integration requirements. Transitioning to an alternative system would require a full reimplementation, costing approximately PS1 million and taking up to two years with significant risks to data integrity, income collection, and statutory financial reporting. Awarding directly through the framework ensures continuity, preserves existing custom configurations and integrations, and avoids operational disruption. This approach represents the only lawful and proportionate route to maintain critical business functionality, achieve value for money, and comply fully with the principles of transparency, and sound financial management under PCR 2015.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05d37a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068235-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72268000 - Software supply services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,246,543 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 15 Oct 20254 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE MAYOR AND COMMONALTY AND CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF LONDON
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- EC2P 2EJ
- Post Town
- Central London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI43 Haringey and Islington
- Delivery Location
- TLI London
-
- Local Authority
- Islington
- Electoral Ward
- Clerkenwell
- Westminster Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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