How to win: Supply, Installation and Maintenance of Enterprise Resource Planning System

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East Durham College is seeking to replace its current accounting and WAP procurement system with a modern, fit for purpose, integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. The main purpose will be to improve financial management, procurement workflow, reporting accuracy, and operational efficiency, whilst ensuring compliance with audit, security and Department for Education (DfE) regulations and requirements. The supplier must be able to offer licensing and support on a 3-year contract with an optional 2-year extension.

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — East Durham College scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £250,000, 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 July 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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