How to win: Senedd Business Management System

About this contract

The Welsh Parliament (Senedd Cymru) is undertaking preliminary market engagement to inform the potential future procurement of a fully bilingual (English and Welsh) business management system. The potential contract will consist of the supply, implementation and ongoing support & development of the system. The Senedd’s current Business Management System (SBMS), delivered using Civica’s Modern.gov platform, underpins the day-to-day management of all Senedd Business and a wide range of corporate meetings. It provides a central repository for meeting-related information, including agendas, papers and outcomes, and acts as a long-term archive. The system is tightly integrated with the Senedd’s wider digital ecosystem, including the public website and Senedd TV, and acts as a core data source for multiple internal and public-facing services. SBMS is a high-profile system that plays a key role in managing information and making it publicly and privately available. It is a system used by Members and their staff, Commission staff, Independent Advisors and independent office holders (Remuneration Board, Standards Commissioner) and the people of Wales. As a public-facing system that interac

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Senedd Cymru / Welsh Parliament scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £1,000,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 13 August 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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