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Crescent Purchasing Consortium Limited

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Key details

Contracting authority
Region
Salford
Delivery: United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Contract value
£40,000,000ex VAT
£48,000,000 inc VAT
Deadline
28 November 2025
Published
14 October 2025

Procurement

Contract period
27 July 2026 - 26 July 2028
2 years
Possible extension to 27 July 2030 · 4 years in total
CPV classifications
  • 72212450 Time accounting or human resources software development services
  • 48331000 Project management software package
  • 48450000 Time accounting or human resources software package
  • 48311000 Document management software package
  • 48812000 Financial information systems
  • 72212331 Project management software development services
  • 48445000 Customer Relation Management software package
  • 48422000 Software package suites
  • 72212445 Customer Relation Management software development services
  • 48430000 Inventory management software package
  • 48421000 Facilities management software package
  • 48440000 Financial analysis and accounting software package
  • 48451000 Enterprise resource planning software package
  • 48441000 Financial analysis software package
  • 48333000 Contact management software package
  • 48810000 Information systems
  • 48170000 Compliance software package
  • 48982000 Configuration management software package
  • 72212190 Educational software development services
  • 48800000 Information systems and servers
  • 48190000 Educational software package
  • 79996100 Records management
  • 37524100 Educational games
  • 48442000 Financial systems software package

What happened

The contract runs until 26 Jul 2028.

Description

Please note that this is not a procurement exercise and therefore by submitting a response to this notice, you are not bidding for a place on the framework or for any associated work at this stage. Following this preliminary market engagement process, we will review responses received and make any necessary changes to the planned procurement exercise that will follow.

Potential lots may include but are not limited to are:

Lot 1 – Financial Management Software

Lot 2 – Human Resource Software

Lot 3 – Payroll System Software

Lot 4 – Multi-Purpose Lot for Lots 1 -3

Lot 5 – Management Information Systems (MIS)

Lot 6 – Educational Management and Communications Software excluding MIS

Lot 7 – Project Management & Resource Planning Software

Lot 8 – Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Systems

Lot 9 – Estates Management Software including CAFM Systems

Any resulting framework from this exercise will be available to Further Education Institutions, Universities, Sixth Forms, Academies, Schools, Museums and other similar organisations who are CPC Members (https://www.thecpc.ac.uk/members/regions.php) and all CPC future members (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/get-information-about-schools).

Local Authorities may also wish to use the resulting framework when procuring on behalf of Educational Establishments.

The framework will also be available to the Wider Public Sector https://www.thecpc.ac.uk/suppliers/eligible-public-sector-bodies.php) via Crescent Services.

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Procurement House, Leslie Hough Way, Salford, M6 6AJ
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Identifiers

Buyer reference
CA16588
Notice ID
065243-2025
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05cc6d

External ID: fts-ocds-h6vhtk-05cc6d • Added 6 August 2026