ERP Tenders and Contracts

Enterprise resource planning software for finance, HR and procurement sits at the core, often supplied alongside implementation, data migration and change management services under one contract. A move from an on-premise system to a cloud-based platform is the most common driver of a fresh competition.

Stotles brings together ERP tenders and contracts from 100+ portals into one search, so you do not have to check each portal separately, and you can set alerts for new opportunities across the UK and Ireland.

If you want to search the government portals directly, Find a Tender carries higher-value contracts across the UK and Contracts Finder carries lower-value contracts in England. Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI cover Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Ireland's eTenders covers Irish public bodies, and many councils, NHS bodies and housing associations publish on their own e-tendering portals such as ProContract. ERP renewals are often direct awards or call-offs from G-Cloud and back office software frameworks, and replacements are tested through market engagement before tender.

ERP tenders are scored on functional fit, implementation approach and risk, data migration, integration, support and whole-life cost. Replacement programmes run for years, so the partner's public sector references weigh heavily.

ERP systems hold payroll and personal data, so they must comply with UK data protection law, and government buyers expect Cyber Essentials Plus and secure hosting. Tenders usually set minimum insurance cover, check financial standing and ask for evidence of similar implementations at selection stage. Under the Procurement Act 2023, suppliers can be excluded for certain criminal convictions, insolvency or failure to pay tax.

The Crown Commercial Service G-Cloud framework is a common route for ERP buying. Councils, regulators and central government bodies use direct awards and call-offs under it for ERP software licences, managed support, development support and implementation partners on replacement programmes.

Renewals are often direct awards or call-offs from G-Cloud and back office software frameworks, and replacements are tested through market engagement before tender. Councils, NHS trusts, universities, central government bodies, police forces, housing associations and water companies are the regular buyers of ERP systems.

Read digital and technology strategies, licence and contract renewal dates, architecture reviews and early market engagement notices, which show ERP work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the buyers behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.

48451000 (Enterprise resource planning software package) is the closest dedicated code, though it also covers general finance and accounting software.