Estimated Value
Up to £1,400,000
Deadline
Not specified
Published
23 October 2026
Type
Not specified
At a glance
- Estimated value
- £1,400,000
- Published
- 23 October 2026
- Location
- South East
- Type
- direct procedure
- Contract ends
- 30 April 2032 (expect a re-tender before then)
- Likely incumbent
- John Smith & SON Group Ltd, current contract ends August 2031
- Published on
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Overview
Provision of the University's core finance management system, including software licences, software assurance, maintenance, support, upgrades and associated professional services. The system supports key financial processes including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, procurement integration and associated management information requirements.
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The university is buying a complete finance management system – software licences plus ongoing maintenance, support, upgrades and related professional services – to run its core financial processes.
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Award Details
£1,400,000
Likely incumbents
Suppliers who won similar work from this buyer in the last 5 years.
- 1
JOHN SMITH & SON GROUP LTD
£845,000
total awarded
- 2
JCR GROUP LTD.
£125,582
total awarded
- 3
Think Learning c/o Totara Learning Ltd
- 4
Fry-IT trading as risr
- 5
Academia Ltd
£677,806
total awarded
JOHN SMITH & SON GROUP LTD is the most likely incumbent based on recency and category match. To win, bidders typically need a clearly differentiated proposition or a price advantage.
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CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITYKey Dates
Published
23 October 2026
Submission deadline
Not specified
Notice type
award
Source
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