Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of MAT Financial Management Support
Notice Description
The Trust is looking to appoint a suitably qualified service provider with the relevant experience and qualifications to provide efficient and effective outsourced Multi-Academy Trust Financial Management Services.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: 2 x 12 month extensions are available, subject to all parties agreeing in writing.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06ac82
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/052376-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
66 - Financial and insurance services
-
- CPV Codes
66171000 - Financial consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,400,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £2,400,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 3 Jun 2026Yesterday
- Submission Deadline
- 29 Jun 20264 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Nov 2026 - 31 Oct 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
- THE BOLEYN TRUST
- Additional Buyers
- 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
- E13 8SA
- Post Town
- East London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI41 Hackney and Newham
- Delivery Location
- TLI41 Hackney and Newham, TLI42 Tower Hamlets
-
- Local Authority
- Hackney
- Electoral Ward
- Hoxton West
- Westminster Constituency
- Hackney South and Shoreditch
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/052376-2026
3rd June 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://bidiful-teamportal.app/p/aceadvice
Bidders may apply for access to the documents by emailing ian.henderson@ace-advice.co.uk The documents will be distributed and managed via the Bidiful Portal.
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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