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Financial and Accounting Services for a Multi-Academy Trust

PRESTOLEE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

The Trust is undertaking preliminary market engagement to inform a future compliant procurement for long-term financial and accounting support services. The Trust currently operates nine primary schools and will expand to ten schools from April 2026 with the addition of a secondary school. The Trust serves approximately 3,000 pupils and has an annual turnover exceeding £15 million. The scale and complexity of the Trust's financial operations will increase significantly with the introduction of the secondary phase and is expected to continue to grow. The Trust currently commissions outsourced financial and accounting support equivalent to approximately three days per week. Future arrangements are expected to be of broadly comparable scale to enable fair comparison across delivery models. Through this engagement, the Trust seeks to understand the market's capacity, delivery approaches, service models, and indicative cost structures for delivering resilient, high-quality financial and accounting services to a growing Multi-Academy Trust. This notice is issued solely for preliminary market engagement and does not constitute a call for competition.

Classification

  • CPV79211000 — Accounting 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
ocds-h6vhtk-066154
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Techniques

Has Dynamic Purchasing System
Yes

Communication

Future Notice Date
1 May 2026, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Has Renewal
Yes
Status
planning

Contract period

Starts
1 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Aug 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Aug 2031, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
79211000
Description
Accounting services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKC
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 3
Region
UKE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 4
Region
UKF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 5
Region
UKG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 6
Region
UKH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 7
Region
UKI
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 8
Region
UKJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 9
Region
UKK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
The Trust intends to undertake proportionate preliminary market engagement with organisations that have relevant experience in providing financial and accounting services to Multi-Academy Trusts or similar education organisations. As part of this engagement, the Trust may directly contact a small number of providers with known sector experience to invite participation. Any organisation wishing to participate is also invited to contact the Trust to express interest. Interested providers are asked to email a brief overview of their relevant experience and service approach to: enquiries@prestoleetrust.org Following review of expressions of interest, the Trust may arrange informal market engagement discussions, which may include virtual meetings with Trust representatives. Participation in preliminary market engagement will not confer any advantage in any future procurement process.
Due
20 Mar 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
019118-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
3 Mar 2026, 15:44
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
PRESTOLEE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Id
GB-COH-09481323

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
09481323

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PRYV-3457-ZRGN

Address

Street Address
Church Road
Locality
Manchester
Postal Code
M26 1HJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKD36

Contact

Name
Vikki Semple
Telephone
0161 843 6362

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

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

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Manchester · UKD36 · M26 1HJ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKC · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKD · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKE · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKF · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKG · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKH · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKI · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKJ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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