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                "description": "For this Preliminary Market Engagement exercise, please respond by downloading, completing and submitting the attached document by the deadline of[16:00]on[15/04/2026]. Please register as supplier as response your interest and complete the technical questionnaire via Open Platform (www.open-uk.org). The project is # OPEN2026632. How to register on Open Registration is free, easy and can be done now. To register: * Visit www.open-uk.org * Click the 'get started' button. * On the 'who are you' tab, select supplier. * Select your company type. * Complete the form as directed. Tips for smooth registration and accessing support. * Look out for the email with your temporary password which is only valid for 3 days. If expired, please email open.support@nepo.org to request a new temporary password. * If you don't receive your temporary password, please check your junk/quarantine areas. * Add your Companies House number to populate fields for quicker setup. * Once registered, select Codes & Categories relevant to your business area to receive tender notifications * Add notifications@open-uk.org to your safe sender list. Support for the system is available via the OPEN Hub: https://www.open-hub.org/ The Open Hub has resources to help you get the most out of the system. There's a range of how-to-guides so you can learn about Open at your pace and a Frequently Asked Questions section to answer common questions. You will also find details of the latest news and supplier training sessions for Open (https://www.nepo.org/suppliers/nepo-supplier-partnership-programme).",
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                "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender",
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        "title": "Account Payable Audit Solution",
        "description": "Essex County Council Transactional Services is a team made up of circa 110 people, this is split between Compliance, Accounts Payable, Income, Banking and Financial Assessments. Essex County Council Transactional Services are looking for a system or piece of software that can identify potential duplicate invoices or suppliers based on a daily/regular extract from our current software solution Oracle Fusion. This is required to prevent/reduce the risk to ECC by payment of duplicate invoices to our suppliers/providers. We are looking for a system that will identify potential risks prior to the payment being made enabling ECC to be able to investigate and where appropriate prevent the payment being released. The solution also needs to be able to be used to identify potential duplicate supplier records and track changes made to supplier records, what, when and who by.",
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