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City of Bristol College

Financial Software

IT ServicesCPV 72263000
Value£970k
Deadline6 Aug 2026
Published17 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 17 Jul 202613 days leftCloses 6 Aug 2026
Who to contact
Alastair Jack
alastair.jack@cityofbristol.ac.uk
0117 3125182

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
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Contract value in context
£970ktotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£3.5m

This is a large award for IT Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 36,449 valued IT Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

City of Bristol College is seeking a supplier to provide and install a new financial software solution within the College.

The services will include: • Provision of new software – all licences etc for the software. • Installation of the new software, including training to College staff. • Ongoing support for the software, including routine maintenance, updates, fixes, development and advice.

Estimated costs from our pre-market engagement over the past 12 months has indicated a wide range of potential costs.

We have allowed for the upper possibility in the valuation of the contract, though price will be evaluated diligently through the process.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

City of Bristol College is seeking

City of Bristol College is seeking a supplier to provide and install a new financial software solution within the College.

02

Ongoing support for the software, including routine

Ongoing support for the software, including routine maintenance, updates, fixes, development and advice.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidCyber Essentials Plus (often mandatory for gov IT)
  • Hold at bidISO 27001 (information security)
  • Plan for deliveryData protection / DPIA readiness
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c7d9
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
067841-2026
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