Official UK procurement notice
FNP000‐GEN Finance - D365 Business Central & Progressus Managed Support Services and Licenses
Authority: Waste & Resources Action Programme (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWRAP’s existing managed services contract for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (D365 BC) expires on 30 April 2026. A replacement contract is required to ensure continuity of critical financial operations, including project accounting, purchasing, invoicing, forecasting and management reporting.
The scope comprises managed application support for D365 BC and its associated integrations (Progressus, Continia and Jet Reporting), including all related environments and data flows. The new contract is intended to commence on 1 May 2026 for an initial term of 36 months, with the option to include licensing provision for all relevant products. The requirement also includes an Initial Configuration Review across the full system landscape to assess configuration quality, alignment with WRAP’s business processes, and any associated risks and dependencies.
This preliminary market engagement exercise is intended to assess market capability, capacity, supplier interest and indicative cost levels in order to inform and support the development of this requirement. The insights gathered will help shape the scope, structure and delivery model of any subsequent procurement exercise.
The RFI sets out WRAP’s indicative cost breakdown for support services for supplier reference.
Scope (Summary)
The requirement is expected to include:
- Managed application support for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (D365 BC) and key associated integrations.
- Core service management activities, including incident and service request handling, governance and performance reporting.
- Defined change and enhancement support arrangements.
- An initial review of the existing system configuration and operating model.
- Potential licensing provision for relevant products.
Further detail on the full scope, service expectations and commercial assumptions is set out in the RFI document.
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CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Software package and information systems · Software programming and consultancy services · Software-related services
The lotProcurement structure
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- Your understanding of the project, what we are trying to achieve and why: 10%
- Your relevant experience and expertise: 25%
- Approach and methodology (including allocation of time and resources) that will most effectively deliver the objectives, requirements and value to WRAP: 25%
- A structured and high performing project team, with appropriate allocation of roles and responsibilities: 10%
- Price: 30%
Published award criteria (5)
- Your understanding of the project, what we are trying to achieve and why
- Your relevant experience and expertise
- Approach and methodology (including allocation of time and resources) that will most effectively deliver the objectives, requirements and value to WRAP
- A structured and high performing project team, with appropriate allocation of roles and responsibilities
- Price
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Feb 2026, 12:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Mar 2026, 16:24 GMT
- Authority reference
PRC181- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-023193- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 Mar 2026, 23:45 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 19 Mar 2026, 23:45 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
Timeline
12 Feb 2026 → 20 Apr 2026 · 6 dates- Planning notice published258 days ago12 Feb 2026, 12:05 GMT
- Market engagement245 days ago25 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
This RFI will assist in understanding if there is capability, capacity, supplier interest and indicative cost levels in order to inform and support the development of this requirement and to determine if it is the right approach or if an alternative would be more suitable.
Questions have been included in Appendix 1 of the RFI. If you are interested in the opportunity, please complete and return by the date included in RFI.
- Tender notice published229 days ago13 Mar 2026, 16:24 GMT
- Clarification questions by223 days ago19 Mar 2026, 23:45 GMT
- Submission deadline215 days ago27 Mar 2026, 23:45 GMT
- Contract starts192 days ago20 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Feb 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published12 Feb 2026, 12:05 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published13 Mar 2026, 16:24 GMTUK4
- Published value updated13 Mar 2026, 16:24 GMT
- Status changed to active13 Mar 2026, 16:24 GMT
- Procurement method changed13 Mar 2026, 16:24 GMT
- Deadline published: 27 Mar 2026, 23:45 GMT13 Mar 2026, 16:24 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender