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Enterprise Grade Portfolio Management System

British Business Bank · Central government

In brief

British Business Bank has announced plans to buy financial services and IT and software work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

The notice does not state a value.

The contract runs for 6 years, up to 8 years with extensions, starting 17 January 2027.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 4 bids per contract for financial services contracts across the UK (from 404 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

The British Business Bank is exploring the market for an enterprise grade portfolio management system which meets the needs of the Bank when acting as both a Limited Partner (LP) and General Partner (GP). The solution will be required to service an existing equity portfolio of investments and be sufficiently scalable to support the deployment of an additional £4.5bn of capital in line with the Government's Industrial Strategy and the Bank's Five Year Strategic Plan. The product will require a robust, scalable, and configurable system capable of managing the entire investment lifecycle - deal flow, KYC, capital calls and distributions, valuations, investment book of record, accounting book…Read the full description
The British Business Bank is exploring the market for an enterprise grade portfolio management system which meets the needs of the Bank when acting as both a Limited Partner (LP) and General Partner (GP). The solution will be required to service an existing equity portfolio of investments and be sufficiently scalable to support the deployment of an additional £4.5bn of capital in line with the Government's Industrial Strategy and the Bank's Five Year Strategic Plan. The product will require a robust, scalable, and configurable system capable of managing the entire investment lifecycle - deal flow, KYC, capital calls and distributions, valuations, investment book of record, accounting book of record, financial risk rating, sector and regional analysis, portfolio look through capability for our fund programmes and reporting. The purpose of this premarket engagement is to gather information from potential suppliers on available solutions, understand market trends and best practice and to understand their pricing models. This is not a formal procurement but an opportunity to inform our future requirements and procurement strategy. We welcome input from suppliers on solution capabilities, implementation timelines, potential risks, and commercial models. Completion of the questionnaire will be the basis of this pre-market engagement. This notice will be kept open until February 20th 2026 at 23:00, please ensure that your questionnaire is completed and submitted via Delta by this time, February 20th 2026 at 23:00. A copy of the questionnaire is available via the following link: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/485QFS2P6Y Following completion and submission of the questionnaire BBB may ask suppliers to provide a demonstration of their system. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Sheffield:-Banking-and-investment-services./485QFS2P6Y To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/485QFS2P6Y

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 006796-2026

About the buyer

British Business BankLast 12 months

Procurements

49

Awards

33

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From notice 006796-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 26 January 2026. We last checked for changes on 27 September 2026.