Awarded contract

GMCA 1260 Company Watch

Details

Buyer: Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Supplier(s): COMPANY WATCH LIMITED
Value: £85,596
Duration: 2 years
Topic: Software package and information systems
Published: 9 April 2025
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

A system that provides critical business intelligence, with a primary focus on detecting early signs of financial distress and fraud, for GMCA and its associated members, including: Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service, Greater Manchester Police, Transport for Greater Manchester and AGMA associate members Bolton Council Bury Council Manchester City Council Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council Rochdale Council Salford City Council Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Tameside Council Trafford Council. Blackburn and Darwen Council Blackpool Council Warrington Council Wigan Council Wirral council St Helens council

Timeline

Completed: Award date1 April 2025
Completed: Award published9 April 2025
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2027in 6 months

About the buyer

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority is a local government body that advertises its opportunities, receives bids and manages its procurement on the Pro-Contract e-tendering portal. Tenders across Greater Manchester are managed through The Chest. Notices for new opportunities and awarded contracts also appear on the Central Digital Platform under the Procurement Act 2023. Education, work and skills activity is commissioned through the authority's own Flexible Procurement System. Councils across Greater Manchester use the same system to commission apprenticeships. The Greater Manchester Social Value Policy covers job creation, upskilling of the workforce and net zero carbon.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority's contract awards have been in IT services, business services and research and development.

Relevant CPV codes

48000000 · Software package and information systems

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@greater-manchester-combined-authority.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@greater-manchester-combined-authority.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@greater-manchester-combined-authority.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@greater-manchester-combined-authority.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@greater-manchester-combined-authority.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@greater-manchester-combined-authority.gov