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Business Central Support and Development Service

GENERAL PHARMACEUTICAL COUNCIL

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15 Apr 2026 at 12:07

Summary of the contracting process

The General Pharmaceutical Council has concluded the award stage of its procurement process for the "Business Central Support and Development Service." This service seeks support and developmental expertise in the realm of enterprise resource planning software. Headquartered in London, the buyer operates as a public authority under sub-central government classification. The contract spans from 30 March 2026 to 25 March 2028, with potential extensions up to March 2030. Transparity Solutions Limited has been selected as the supplier, tasked with providing necessary services across multiple UK regions. The procurement method used was limited competition, below the threshold, ensuring a tailored approach to finding a suitable partner.

This procurement provides significant business growth opportunities particularly for those in software development and consultancy sectors. Companies with expertise in enterprise resource planning systems, technical support, and system development are best suited to engage with this type of contract. The partnership demands close collaboration with the General Pharmaceutical Council, offering the chosen supplier a chance to establish long-term relationships and leverage their capabilities to support complex business requirements. This creates potential for sustained revenue flow and portfolio expansion, especially for businesses adept at handling tailored service agreements and ongoing development initiatives in the public sector.

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Notice Title

Business Central Support and Development Service

Notice Description

The Business Central (BC) solution has been implemented to provide the following Business functionality: * Financial Transaction Management including General Ledger * Purchase to Pay process - that allows end users to request purchase orders, receive goods and services and process the subsequent purchase invoice through to vendor payment (includes integration with Continia Document Capture). We developed the solution using a third-party Partner in two phases. We continue to roll out additional small changes, projects and enhance the systems as per our business requirements. We currently have approximately 80 internal users and 20 Finance/IT users who access the tool via a browser client either onsite or via a VPN connection. We are looking for a partner to provide 1. Technical Support for the BC environment o Yearly support contract to accommodate up to 40 support tickets per year (we currently average 1 ticket per month) o Wave Release management service A comprehensive managed service that oversees and implements the biannual Microsoft Wave updates, ensuring all necessary changes are actioned seamlessly. Support that prepares a dedicated test environment for client validation, including clear guidance and documentation to facilitate effective testing. Deployment of updates to the live system, finalized upon client approval of the test results, ensuring a controlled and reliable transition 2. A capacity to develop and make changes and 3. Development/consultancy resource to deliver the business portfolio of work (projects) (Please note that both change and project work will be driven by business needs so is not guaranteed.) In addition to the points above, the Continia service is currently managed and billed through our Business Central partner, with all associated costs passed on to the GPhC. Ideally, we would like to maintain this arrangement going forward. For an initial contract period of two years with the possibility of two one-year extensions. For most of the work, we expect the partner to work as an extension of our internal team and under our internal team's instruction/guidance. However, some stand-alone projects may be entirely outsourced to the Partner when no internal resource is available. We envisage that before a partner takes over responsibility to deliver the above services, we will need to carry out a knowledge transfer exercise.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0682fa
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034188-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - limited 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

72212451 - Enterprise resource planning software development services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£107,520 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
15 Apr 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
29 Mar 20263 weeks ago
Contract Period
29 Mar 2026 - 25 Mar 2028 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
GENERAL PHARMACEUTICAL COUNCIL
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
E14 4QJ
Post Town
East London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI42 Tower Hamlets
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Tower Hamlets
Electoral Ward
Canary Wharf
Westminster Constituency
Poplar and Limehouse

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

TRANSPARITY SOLUTIONS

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