Financial Management System

UK Biobank LtdcontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-055b6cProcurement Act 2023SME suitableclosed for bids
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Estimated value

£850k

goods

Awarded value

Suppliers

0

Lots

1

0 awarded

Published

08 Jul 2025

Deadline 08 Aug 2025

Description

UK Biobank (UKB) is seeking suppliers with the capacity and expertise to deliver a new Financial Management System (FMS) that will replace the current platform and provide the necessary modules to support UKB’s business model. UKB requires that the new FMS will support all key financial management activities, including Purchase to Pay, Accounts Receivable, Banking, Project Accounting, Timesheet Automation, Budgeting and Forecasting, Fund Accounting and Grant Management, Financial Accounting, Reporting and Analysis, Fixed Assets, Expenses, Stock and Financial Planning. The replacement of this existing back-office software is a critical component of UKB’s broader transformation strategy. The current finance system, Sage 200 Professional, has been in place for over a decade and no longer meets the demands of UKB’s growing scale and complexity. UKB requires a modern, efficient, and scalable FMS which will support UKB’s future ambitions. Details in relation to the requirements for the FMS are set out in UKB’s specification provided as part of the Associated Tender Documents. A demonstration and a sandbox area for UKB staff to test the product will be requested from all shortlisted bidders. This will not be scored separately but will be used to verify the written submission. If any clarification questions are needed after the demonstration or sandbox access, UKB will raise these with bidders in writing. UKB will provide a remote briefing session on 21 July 2025 in relation to this opportunity for interested organisations. Please register your interest in attending the session by sending contact details for people who want to attend to tenders@ukbiobank.ac.uk.

Scope

Reference
UKB0024
Total value
£850,000 excluding VAT
£1,020,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
27 Feb 2026 to 26 Feb 2031
Possible extension to 26 Feb 2036

UKB will have the option to extend its Contract annually for a further 5 years. This would lead to a maximum total term of around 10 years and 6 months (assuming a six-month implementation period), with the Contract to commence in early 2026 following contract award.

Main category
goods
CPV classifications
48442000
48440000
Contract locations
UK, United Kingdom
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Functional Requirements40%quality
Non-functional/ technical requirements25%quality
Implementation services10%quality
Price25%price

Participation

Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.

UKB is conducting a 2-stage process. UKB has set a number of conditions of participation as part of a separate Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) first stage. Interested organisations are required to complete and submit a response to UKB’s PSQ by the deadline specified in section 2.2.9 of the PSQ. A number of the conditions of participation will be assessed on a Pass/Fail basis including economic and financial standing and requirements in relation to modern slavery. UKB has also included conditions of participation in relation to technical ability which are assessed on a scored basis. The weightings for this are Experience of delivering similar Financial Management Systems for similar entities (30%), Experience of Data migration (20%), Implementation experience (20%), Experience of training and post implementation support (15%), Experience of system testing and support (15%). Potential Suppliers that are not excluded from the procurement (by reference to exclusion grounds and in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023) and achieve a Pass in relation to all Pass/Fail questions will have their PSQ responses ranked by reference to their total scores achieved for technical ability. UKB will shortlist the six (6) highest ranking PSQ responses to be invited to the tender stage of the process and reserves the right to invite the Potential Supplier ranked in 7th and 8th place if the relevant PSQ Response score is within 5% of the sixth highest ranking PSQ Response. Further details are set out in the PSQ.

Submission & procedure

Enquiry deadline
31 Jul 2025, 11:00 am
Submission deadline
08 Aug 2025, 11:00 am
Submission address
www.mytenders.co.uk
Electronic submission
Yes
Procedure
Competitive flexible procedure