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title: "Financial Planning & Analysis Solution"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-067598"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL"
published: "2026-03-26"
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# Financial Planning & Analysis Solution

Buyer: SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-067598

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## Summary

Sheffield City Council has completed the procurement of a Financial Planning & Analysis Solution to enhance its financial management capabilities. This project falls under the services category, specifically IT services such as consulting and software development, with activities situated within the UK. Although the procurement stage has reached completion, the contract was signed on 23 March 2026. The Council employed a limited procurement method, leveraging a direct award via the G-Cloud 14 framework without prior competition, highlighting Mercur Solutions (UK) Ltd as the preferred supplier due to its comprehensive functionalities tailored for public sector use.

This tender presents substantial growth prospects for businesses within IT services, especially those specialising in financial analytics platforms. Companies adept in enterprise performance management, budgeting, and forecasting will find particular relevance, as demonstrated by Mercur Solutions' product that addresses the Council's demands for integrated financial planning and analytical capabilities. SMEs similar to Mercur Solutions, offering scalable and robust software solutions aimed at local authority and NHS applications, stand to benefit significantly from such government contracts, both in expanding their customer base and enhancing sector-specific expertise.

## Notice

To procure a Financial Planning & Analysis Platform which will enable long-term resilience, improved financial management and effective prioritisation of finite resources

### Lot Information

Lot 1

To procure a Financial Planning & Analysis Platform which will enable long-term resilience, improved financial management and effective prioritisation of finite resources. Additional information: Direct Award via G-Cloud 14

### Procurement Information

A proportionate market review was undertaken to identify a Financial Planning & Analysis solution capable of meeting the Council's current and future requirements. This included structured searches of the CCS G Cloud 14 framework using relevant functional and non functional criteria (including enterprise performance management, budgeting, forecasting, reporting and analytical capability), alongside professional insight from officers with experience of comparable implementations in the local government sector. A range of suppliers were reviewed at a high level against the Council's requirements. This process identified that several alternative solutions did not fully meet the Council's needs, particularly in relation to integrated multiyear financial planning, governed single version of the truth reporting, public sectors specific controls, and scalability without reliance on complex spreadsheet workarounds. Mercur Solutions (UK) Ltd was identified as the preferred solution as it demonstrably meets the Council's functional, technical and governance requirements within a single, cloud hosted FP&A platform. The solution provides integrated budgeting, planning, forecasting, reporting, dashboarding and analytical capability, and is specifically designed for use across large enterprises and public sector organisations, including local government and the NHS. In addition to the framework review, officers engaged in informal reference checking with a comparable local authority that has recently implemented Mercur. This discussion provided assurance on the suitability of the solution in a local government context, including implementation approach, usability for finance and service users, and the robustness of governance, data ownership and data portability arrangements. Feedback from the reference authority was positive and reinforced the conclusion that Mercur represents a low risk and well aligned solution for the Council.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028114-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Mar 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 23 Mar 2026 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £558,681 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | SHEFFIELD |
| Post town | Sheffield |
| Postcode | S1 2HH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE3 South Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE32 Sheffield |
| Local authority | Sheffield |
| Electoral ward | City |
| Westminster constituency | Sheffield Central |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | MERCUR SOLUTIONS (UK |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

## Release History

- 26 Mar 2026 at 16:02 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028114-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://sheffield.gov.uk
- https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/104130
- https://www.sheffield.gov.uk

## Provenance

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