AwardedAwarded 1 October 2026

Social care and education support and financial system

Herefordshire Council · Local authority

In brief

Herefordshire Council awarded IT and software work to Access UK Ltd on 1 October 2026.

The notice gives a value of £4,813,663 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 5 years, starting 1 October 2026.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

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What the notice says

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. Please 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.

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Access UK Ltd (SME)£4,813,663
Awarded 1 October 2026

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Contract award notice · notice a9299ea4-deea-4b4b-9625-adcc5aa40c25-916878

About the buyer

Herefordshire CouncilLast 12 months

Procurements

135

Awards

101

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From notice a9299ea4-deea-4b4b-9625-adcc5aa40c25-916878 on Contracts Finder, first published 7 October 2026. We last checked for changes on 7 October 2026.