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title: "Social care and education support and financial system"
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# Social care and education support and financial system

Buyer: Herefordshire Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9a8e8953-a3b5-4cbf-95f7-18f0bf6706c3

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## Summary

Herefordshire Council bought an integrated software platform to support statutory social care, education and youth services, together with social care finance. The system is intended for use across multiple council directorates and brings together case management, education and youth-service functions, financial management for social care, statutory reporting, workflow management, service integration and management information reporting. This is a software and information-systems procurement. Delivery is in Hereford, Herefordshire, for the council’s services in the West Midlands.

The procurement is complete and was awarded to Access UK Ltd. The award date was 1 October 2026, and the contract was formally executed on 6 October 2026. The stated contract commencement date is 1 October 2026, with the contract period running to 30 September 2031. The awarded value is £4,813,662.70. The contract was awarded through the YPO Software Applications Framework 1095. The tender deadline was 4 April 2026 at 12:00. The requirement was for a single integrated platform; no lot breakdown is recorded. The published award information does not set out evaluation criteria or supplier eligibility requirements.

For software suppliers serving local authorities, this award shows demand for an integrated platform spanning social care, education, youth support and social care finance, rather than a single departmental application. A credible competitor would need to demonstrate a comprehensive system that supports case management and statutory service delivery alongside education and youth-service workflows, finance, statutory reporting, service integration and management information. The buyer’s use of the YPO Software Applications Framework indicates that framework access was the route used for this purchase. Suppliers should therefore be able to compete through that framework and evidence the capacity to implement and support a cross-directorate platform for a council. The procurement was marked as suitable for SMEs, indicating that smaller suppliers were considered eligible to participate.

## Notice

Provision of an integrated suite of social care, education, youth support and social care finance systems to support statutory service delivery across multiple directorates. Must form a comprehensive platform supporting case management, education services, youth services, social care finance, statutory reporting, workflow management, service integration and management information reporting. This contract was awarded under the YPO Software Applications Framework 1095. Please note, the contract commencement date was 1 October 2026 and the contract was formally executed on 6 October 2026. Some dates recorded in the structured notice fields have been adjusted to accommodate system restrictions. The dates set out in this section represent the correct chronology.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a9299ea4-deea-4b4b-9625-adcc5aa40c25 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Other - |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Oct 2026 |
| Contract period | 2 Oct 2026 - 30 Oct 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £4,813,662 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £4,813,662 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Herefordshire Council |
| Locality | HEREFORD |
| Postcode area | Hereford |
| Postcode | HR4 0LE |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire |
| ITL 3 | TLG11 Herefordshire, County of |
| Local authority | Herefordshire, County of |
| Electoral ward | Widemarsh |
| Westminster constituency | Hereford and South Herefordshire |
| Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Access UK Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems

## Release History

- 7 Oct 2026 at 10:05 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a9299ea4-deea-4b4b-9625-adcc5aa40c25

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a9299ea4-deea-4b4b-9625-adcc5aa40c25
  7th October 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk

## Provenance

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