Notice Information
Notice Title
Financial Management System and Project management and Resourcing System
Notice Description
MDC requires high level solution requirements for the replacement of Financial Management and Project Management & Resourcing systems. Suppliers who meet the requirements are invited to submit responses in accordance with this published invitation to tender (ITT). The tender will be published in 2 lots: * Lot 1: Financial Management system; and * Lot 2: Project Management and Resourcing System. Suppliers may tender for one or both lots, submitting separate Bidder response documents for each lot. Lots will be evaluated separately and independently by different teams of evaluators, some of whom may be independent experts not directly employed by MDC. MDC reserves the right to make either separate awards for each lot or a combined award if this provides improved value. Details are at https://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/AdvertSummary?projectId=fa2795b9-1a13-f111-813c-005056b64545&projectStepId=062895b9-1a13-f111-813c-005056b64545
Lot Information
Financial Management System
Financial Management Accounts Receivable Accounts Payable Employee Expenses Reporting & Analytics
Project Management and Resourcing SystemWorkflow Programme/Project/work package/task management - Resource Management - Timesheet recording and approvals workflow - Project Budget and Forecast (including labour and non-labour elements) - Visibility of financial actuals and budget vs actuals over time (with actuals derived from the finance system) - Portfolio Management
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-065df6
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017897-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
-
- CPV Codes
48000000 - Software package and information systems
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £300,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £300,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 27 Feb 20262 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 24 Mar 20264 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 30 Apr 2026 - 30 May 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- MACCLESFIELD
- Postcode
- SK10 4ZF
- Post Town
- Stockport
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD6 Cheshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD62 Cheshire East
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Cheshire East
- Electoral Ward
- Chelford
- Westminster Constituency
- Tatton
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017897-2026
27th February 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017754-2026
27th February 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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