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Programme Sapphire: Finance OCM and Workforce Transformation

The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London

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20 Oct 2026 at 12:22

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The City of London Corporation is planning consultancy to shape and support a Finance function transformation under Programme Sapphire. The work is intended to define how Finance should be structured and operate across the Corporation, and how the organisation should move to that model. It is tied to the Corporation’s Financial Improvement and Transformation Strategy and its implementation of SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud Edition and SAP Analytics Cloud. The Corporation provides local authority services, commercial activities and specialist charitable funds, so the transformation concerns a complex, federated organisation. The planned service combines business and management advice with systems and software consultancy. The delivery location is not stated in the procurement details.

This process is at planning: the Corporation has signalled an intention to procure and is conducting preliminary market engagement; there is no invitation to tender at this stage. The buyer expects the work to run from January to June 2027. No estimated contract value or budget is stated. The procurement is presented as a single lot, with no separate work packages described. The engagement exercise asks suppliers to register on the Corporation’s procurement portal and submit a response by 2 November 2026 at noon. No procurement procedure, award criteria or assessment weights are set out yet. The planning information describes the expected service and timetable, rather than a deadline to bid for the eventual contract.

This work is likely to suit finance transformation and management consultancies able to advise on operating models, organisational structure and transition planning, particularly in a complex public-sector organisation with commercial and charitable activities. Relevant experience would include shaping a high-performing finance function and aligning change to a corporate improvement strategy. Suppliers with SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud Edition and SAP Analytics Cloud expertise may be well placed to connect the finance operating model to the systems being implemented, alongside broader systems and software consultancy capability. The Corporation says its SAP programme already has a systems integrator appointed, so the planned work is specifically about finance transformation enabled by SAP, not simply selecting or implementing a system. Small and medium-sized businesses are considered suitable for the planned contract.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Programme Sapphire: Finance OCM and Workforce Transformation

Notice Description

The City of London Corporation (the City) is a complex and federated organisation, delivering local authority services, commercial activities and specialist charitable funds. It is implementing SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud Edition and SAP Analytics Cloud, with a systems integrator appointed, in what is believed to be one of the first SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud implementations in UK local government. The City's Financial Improvement and Transformation (FIT) Strategy sets the ambition for a high-performing Finance function. Programme Sapphire and the move to SAP are a key enabler of that ambition. This Preliminary Market Engagement is about Finance transformation enabled by SAP and aligned to the FIT Strategy: defining how the Finance function as a whole should be structured and should operate to support the Corporation's strategy and be successful, and how we transition to it. The return deadline for PME responses is 02/11/2026 by 12:00 noon.

Planning Information

The PME exercise has been published on https://cityoflondon.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/ Suppliers must register to access and respond to the PME. Registration is free The PME deadline is 02/11/26 at 12:00 noon

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-078bb8
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098949-2026
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
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

72220000 - Systems and technical consultancy services

72246000 - Systems consultancy services

72266000 - Software consultancy services

79410000 - Business and management consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Oct 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Jan 2027 - 1 Jun 2027 1-6 months
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 Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
CITY OF LONDON
Postcode
EC2P 2EJ
Postcode Area
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
Not specified
Local Authority
Islington
Electoral Ward
Clerkenwell
Westminster Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury

Further Information

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