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title: "ITS201543 Financial Benchmarking Tool"
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buyer: "LEEDS CITY COUNCIL"
published: "2019-03-28"
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# ITS201543 Financial Benchmarking Tool

Buyer: LEEDS CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d8552783-d2fa-4885-983c-b504e084900e

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## Summary

The Leeds City Council is conducting a direct award procurement process for the Financial Benchmarking Tool, valued at £35,000, in the services industry category. The tender period concluded on 27th March 2019, with the contract set to commence on 1st April 2019 and run until 31st March 2020. This procurement aims to enable the council to benchmark financial data across its services, facilitating informed policy decisions and best practice development. The successful supplier for this contract is Grant Thornton UK LLP.

This opportunity may particularly benefit small and medium enterprises (SMEs) specialising in financial analysis software or related services. By leveraging their capabilities in creating benchmarking tools, such businesses can enhance their visibility in the public sector market. With a focus on supporting local councils, this contract can serve as a springboard for SMEs looking to expand their portfolio of public sector clients and showcase their expertise in financial analytics.

## Notice

The Council wish to be able to benchmark financial and open data across the council to help inform policy decisions going forward. It will enable all services to be able to benchmark and look at best practice in order to help develop and deliver the council's medium-term financial strategy. Therefore the Council will direct award a one year contract with Grant Thornton to provide this software.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b93540fc-d292-445d-8520-bc1810396025 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 28 Mar 2019 |
| Submission deadline | 27 Mar 2019 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 28 Mar 2019 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2019 - 31 Mar 2020 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £35,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £17,500 |
| 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 | LEEDS CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | LEEDS |
| Post town | Leeds |
| Postcode | LS1 3DL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE42 Leeds |
| Local authority | Leeds |
| Electoral ward | Little London & Woodhouse |
| Westminster constituency | Leeds Central and Headingley |
| Delivery location | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | GRANT THORNTON |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48441000 - Financial analysis software package

## Release History

- 28 Mar 2019 at 12:57 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b93540fc-d292-445d-8520-bc1810396025

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b93540fc-d292-445d-8520-bc1810396025
  28th March 2019 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- http://www.leeds.gov.uk

## Provenance

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