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MARKET TESTING - Budget Planning Solution of behalf of Schools Finance Traded Service

Warwickshire County Council · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 13:39.

Opportunity overview

We are seeking information from Suppliers on a budget planning software solution to support budget setting, monitoring and forecasting, scenario planning, and payroll reconciliation for effective financial decision-making by schools and academies. Warwickshire County Council is interested in understanding tools for: -Budget-setting, including budgeting for salary costs -Scenario planning including financial modelling for different school staffing structures -Automated payroll reconciliation -Real-time financial monitoring -Multi-year forecasting -Financial reporting including functionality to incorporate financial data into Microsoft Word reports -Integration with school finance systems including ESS (SIMS), Bromcom and Arbor -Integration with Unit4 ERP system -Financial dashboards and benchmarking including Key Performance Indicators

Classification

  • CPV48000000 — Software package and information systems
  • CPV72222300 — Information technology services
  • CPV72260000 — Software-related services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
WAR-0033
Status
planning
Main Procurement Category
services

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning
Has Renewal
Yes

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Contract period

Ends
28 Feb 2027, 23:59
Starts
1 Mar 2026, 00:00
Max Extent Date
29 Feb 2032, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKG13
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
48000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Software package and information systems
Entry 2
Id
72222300
Scheme
CPV
Description
Information technology services
Entry 3
Id
72260000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Software-related services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
078136-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
28 Nov 2025, 14:23

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
23 Dec 2025, 23:59
Description
Scope of engagement: PME questionnaire. Instructions of submitting an interest: Interested suppliers are invited to complete the Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) Questionnaire that has been published via Warwickshire County Council's e-procurement portal. Reference: WAR-0033 The Council would be grateful if you could complete the questions in the PME document and respond by 23/12/2025 at 12:00 midday. You should submit your completed responses by uploading via our e-procurement portal. The PME documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge. Providers must register with the system to be able to participate and download the PME documents. Warwickshire's e-portal web address is: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/warwickshirecc/aspx/Home If you have any questions regarding this Market testing exercise, then please upload via the correspondence function on our portal.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PDTN-5446-NMXW
Name
Warwickshire County Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKG13
Country
GB
Locality
Warwick
Postal Code
CV34 4SA
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Shire Hall

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PDTN-5446-NMXW
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Warwick · UKG13 · CV34 4SA · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKG13 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05eb2a-2025-11-28T14:23:01ZPreliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·