Stale Pre-tender

Corporate Software and Related Products and Services

Details

Value
£40,000,000
Topic
Educational games
Published
14 October 2025
Submission
28 November 2025

Tender description

This is an information gathering exercise named Preliminary Market Engagement. The purpose of this exercise is to gather information from suppliers who provide Corporate Software and Related Products and Services outlined within the document, to assist in forming agreeable Terms and Conditions for Call-off that meets the needs of CPC’s members and potential suppliers to the framework. In addition to the above we will be looking to review the lot structure of the framework and gain opinions on the framework type (standard framework or open framework). Following this, we aim to go out to tender, to form a framework that offers Corporate Software and Related Products and Services to the education sector and also the wider public sector via Crescent Services Home - Crescent Services Limited. Please complete the questionnaire along with the Preliminary Market Engagement Declaration. Details are available via MultiQuote: https://suppliers.multiquote.com MultiQuote reference CA16588 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.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published14 October 2025
    Current notice

About the buyer

Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) is a not-for-profit purchasing consortium for the UK education sector, covering schools, colleges and universities. CPC runs 87 compliant frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems, 24 of them recommended by the Department for Education. Framework savings for members have reached up to 43% against market pricing. An in-house consultancy team supports members with tender projects and on-site placements. The team also delivers paid procurement support for one-off projects.

Over the past 5 years, most of CPC's contract awards have been in business services, software and information systems and IT services.

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