Provision of Financial Management and Procurement system
Description: The Academies for Character and Excellence is a growing primary school Multi-Academy Trust currently comprising 20 schools, with anticipated growth to 25 schools during the tender period with future further growth anticipated in coming years. The Trust is undertaking pre-market engagement to inform a forthcoming procurement for a new Financial Management System to be deployed across the Trust and its schools. The solution will be required to support all core finance functions including general ledger, budgetary controls, accounts payable and receivable, bank and cash management, fixed assets, and statutory and management reporting in line with ESFA and DfE requirements. The Trust is seeking a modern, cloud hosted system that offers strong multi entity capability, enabling central Trust oversight alongside appropriate devolved access for individual schools. A key element (read more...)
Summary: The public procurement process for the "Provision of Financial Management and Procurement System" is currently in the planning stage. The buying organisation is PHP Law LLP, located in Totnes, United Kingdom, and the procurement is being conducted on behalf of the Academies for Character & Excellence, a Multi-Academy Trust. This process falls under the industry category of "Financial analysis and accounting software package". A preliminary market engagement exercise is scheduled to help define requirements, with meetings set to occur on the 4th and 5th of February 2026. The anticipated procurement value is £250,000, with an overall gross budget of £300,000. The contract period is expected to start on 1st September 2026, extending until 31st August 2030, with the potential for renewal up until 2032.