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Financial Planning & Analysis Solution

Sheffield City Council · award, contract

Tender information last checkedLast checked 3 Oct 2026, 11:02.

Opportunity overview

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

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Mercur Solutions (UK) Ltd

Matched by exact name
Contract value
£558.7k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
23 Mar 2026
Award ID
028114-2026-2-1
Status
active
Identifier
12025712
Location
Bracknell, UK, RG12 2SJ, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Lots

  • 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 14Value not stated

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
100109296
Status
complete
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method
limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
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.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
72000000
Description
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Techniques

Has Framework Agreement
Yes

Covered By

GPA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
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
Has Options
No
Status
cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Sheffield City Council
Id
GB-FTS-35099

Identifier

Legal Name
Sheffield City Council
Id
(GB) 173 5488 38

Address

Street Address
Town Hall, Pinstone Street,
Locality
Sheffield
Region
UK
Postal Code
S1 2HH
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Name
Ruth Crabtree
Telephone
+44 1142053783

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Scheme
COFOG
Id
01
Description
General public services
Organisation 2
Name
Mercur Solutions (UK) Ltd
Id
GB-FTS-178642

Identifier

Legal Name
Mercur Solutions (UK) Ltd
Id
12025712

Address

Street Address
Lily Hill House
Locality
Bracknell
Region
UK
Postal Code
RG12 2SJ
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Telephone
+44 1344388025

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Organisation 3
Name
Sheffield City Council
Id
GB-FTS-35100

Identifier

Legal Name
Sheffield City Council

Address

Street Address
Sheffield Town Hall, Pinstone Street,
Locality
Sheffield
Postal Code
S1 2HH
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Roles

reviewBody

Details

Award information

Award 1
Id
028114-2026-2-1
Title
Financial Planning & Analysis Solution
Status
active

Related lots

1

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-178642
Name
Mercur Solutions (UK) Ltd

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
028114-2026-2-1
Award ID
028114-2026-2-1
Title
Financial Planning & Analysis Solution
Status
active
Date Signed
23 Mar 2026, 00:00

Value

Amount
558,681.81
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Sheffield · UK · S1 2HH · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 028114-2026award, contract ·