Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of a Finance Software System and Associated Implementation Services
Notice Description
The Royal Household and a number of affiliated organisations (for ease, referred to as 'The Royal Household' here) have a requirement for the provision of a finance system, and associated services including implementation, training, and ongoing support. The Royal Household has been using its existing Finance Systems for more than 15 years, and migration to new software is required. The Royal Household is seeking to award a contract for software & implementation, with an initial five year term, to meet this requirement.
Planning Information
The Royal Household contacted all suppliers on CCS (GCA) frameworks RM6098 Lot 3 and RM6385 Lots 1 and 2 with a Request for Information.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-069318
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041809-2026
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
48000000 - Software package and information systems
48217000 - Transaction-processing software package
48440000 - Financial analysis and accounting software package
48442000 - Financial systems software package
48443000 - Accounting software package
48451000 - Enterprise resource planning software package
48480000 - Sales, marketing and business intelligence software package
48481000 - Sales or marketing software package
48490000 - Procurement software package
48517000 - IT software package
48900000 - Miscellaneous software package and computer systems
48920000 - Office automation software package
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services
72211000 - Programming services of systems and user software
72260000 - Software-related services
72261000 - Software support services
72262000 - Software development services
72263000 - Software implementation services
72265000 - Software configuration services
72266000 - Software consultancy services
72267000 - Software maintenance and repair services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £3,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 May 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 29 Sep 2026 - 29 Sep 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Planning
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD
- 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
- SW1A 1AA
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041809-2026
7th May 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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