TENDER · WATCH
Social care and education support and financial system
UNKNOWN
What happened?
Award notice from Herefordshire Council. Relevance is supported by notice evidence.
Value
KNOWN · STRATEGIC
KNOWN · STRATEGIC
Urgency
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Confidence
MEDIUM
MEDIUM
Recommended action
TRACK UNTIL TENDER
TRACK UNTIL TENDER
Facts
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"amount": 4813662.7,
"currency": "GBP"
}
],
"buyer": "Herefordshire Council",
"buyer_reference": "HEREFCC-DN832026-90648479",
"contact_email": "commercialservices@herefordshire.gov.uk",
"contact_name": null,
"contact_restrictions": [],
"contacts": [
{
"email": "commercialservices@herefordshire.gov.uk",
"organisation": "Herefordshire Council"
}
],
"contract_terms": [
{
"endDate": "2031-09-30T23:59:59+01:00",
"startDate": "2026-10-01T00:00:00+01:00"
}
],
"cpv": [
{
"description": "Software package and information systems",
"id": "48000000",
"scheme": "CPV"
}
],
"currency": "GBP",
"days_to_deadline": -212,
"deadline": "2026-04-04T12:00:00+01:00",
"deadline_conflict": false,
"deadline_kind": "TENDER",
"deadline_narrative": "",
"deadline_structured": "2026-04-04T12:00:00+01:00",
"deadline_time_unpublished": false,
"demo_evidence": [],
"direct_contact_evidence": [],
"engagement_route": "",
"estimated_value": 4813662.7,
"expansion_scope": "Complete official OCDS release; linked restricted documents require separate verification.",
"extensions": [],
"fully_expanded": true,
"geographic_scope": [
[
{
"countryName": "United Kingdom",
"region": "West Midlands"
}
]
],
"hidden_opportunity": true,
"historical_engagement_evidence": "",
"incumbent_evidence": [],
"linked_documents": [],
"lot_count": 0,
"lot_scope": [],
"meeting_evidence": [],
"notice_type": "AWARD",
"procurement_method": "Other - ",
"procurement_status": "complete",
"publication_date": "2026-10-07T10:05:39+01:00",
"published_corrections": [],
"published_notice_types": [],
"published_requirement": "Provision of an integrated suite of social care, education, youth support and social care finance systems to support statutory service delivery across multiple directorates. Must form a comprehensive platform supporting case management, education services, youth services, social care finance, statutory reporting, workflow management, service integration and management information reporting. This contract was awarded under the YPO Software Applications Framework 1095. \r\n \r\nPlease note, the contract commencement date was 1 October 2026 and the contract was formally executed on 6 October 2026. Some dates recorded in the structured notice fields have been adjusted to accommodate system restrictions. The dates set out in this section represent the correct chronology.\r\n",
"questionnaire_evidence": [],
"reference": "a9299ea4-deea-4b4b-9625-adcc5aa40c25-916878",
"registration_evidence": [],
"relevance_evidence": {
"SOFTWARE_DELIVERY": [
"case management"
]
},
"requirement_items": "",
"selection_requirements": [],
"sme_suitability": [
{
"sme": true,
"vcse": false
}
],
"submission_method": "UNKNOWN",
"value_excluding_vat": null,
"value_including_vat": null,
"value_minimum": null,
"value_scope": "TOTAL_NOTICE_NOT_PURA_ADDRESSABLE",
"vat_basis": "VAT basis not explicit in release"
}Commercial inferences
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{
"basis": {
"SOFTWARE_DELIVERY": [
"case management"
]
},
"type": "HIDDEN_ADDRESSABLE_ELEMENT"
}
]Unknowns
[]
Possible services
[
{
"confidence": "MEDIUM",
"rationale": "case management",
"service": "SOFTWARE_DELIVERY"
}
]Provenance
{
"licence": "http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
"ocid": "ocds-b5fd17-9a8e8953-a3b5-4cbf-95f7-18f0bf6706c3",
"release_id": "a9299ea4-deea-4b4b-9625-adcc5aa40c25-916878"
}Related signals
[]