Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)Crescent Purchasing Consortium
Technology House, Lissadel Street
For the attention of: Gary Sadler
M6 6AP Salford
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1612956838
E-mail:
I.2)Type of the contracting authorityOther
I.3)Main activityEducation
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authoritiesThe contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes
CPC Members
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contractCorporate Software Solutions.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performanceSupplies
A combination of these
NUTS code UK
II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)The purpose of this exercise is to put a framework agreement in place with a number of suppliers for the provision of Corporate Software Solutions which will include Financial Management, Human Resource Management, Payroll Management and Management Information Systems. The successful suppliers in respect of each Lot will be expected to offer a solution which meets the needs of an educational establishment including the provision of project management, installation support and maintenance.
It is a requirement of the Tender that the selected Supplier(s) will extend the terms to all eligible Institutions and Consortia, as defined by the CPC including Further Education institutions, Sixth Forms, Academies, Schools, Free Schools, Museums and other similar organisations. As per our joint contracting programme other bodies that may choose to access the agreement include NWUPC (North West Universities Purchasing Consortium) and WFEPC (Welsh Further Education Purchasing Consortium). The tender is also potentially available for Higher Education institutions should they join CPC on a single contract basis. The CPC reserves the right during the period of this agreement to make additions to or subtractions from the list of participating Institutions and Consortia.
Further details of the requirement can be found in the Invitation to Tender. Please go to https://in-tendhost.co.uk/cpc/aspx/home to express an interest and download the documents.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)48000000, 48440000, 72268000, 48442000, 48443000, 48450000
II.1.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no
II.2)Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedureRestricted
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auctionAn electronic auction has been used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authorityCPC/JAG/01/2013
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1 - Lot title: Financial Management SoftwareV.1)Date of contract award decision:7.8.2013
V.2)Information about offersNumber of offers received: 12
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been takenAdvanced Business Software Solutions Ltd, Corero Business Systems Ltd, Lake Financial Systems, PS Financials Ltd, Unit 4 Business Software Ltd.
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontracting Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about European Union fundsThe contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.2)Additional information:
VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:12.12.2013