Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council signals £2.5m ERP transformation procurement
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is progressing a major ERP programme to consolidate finance, HR and payroll into a single system of record. The meeting indicates a procurement opportunity focused on implementation support, change management, training, data cleansing and integration, with tendering expected around July 2026.
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · West Midlands · 23 July 2026
Verified against the transcript — budget approved
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It will help the council modernize the way it works, improve services and build the foundations for future innovation.
Also said in the meeting
“Dudley Council currently operates with disparate systems within finance, HR and payroll. This has led to data silos, manual reconciliation efforts and increased operational risk.”
“The next phase will be to bring in the income management system, and later contracts, commissioning and grants.”
What we know
- The council is progressing an ERP transformation to create a single system of record across finance, HR and payroll.
- The meeting states the current systems create data silos, manual reconciliation and operational risk, and that existing HR contracts expire in November 2027.
- The expected procurement value is £2.5m and the expected tender date is 23 July 2026.
How this opportunity developed
First public mention — no earlier discussion found in this council’s meetings.
- 23 July 2026 · ConfirmedERP and Council Vision
This notice — the confirming discussion.
Why this is a signal, not noise
The meeting gives an explicit value and a clear tender date, alongside a defined ERP scope and likely delivery needs.
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Source
ERP and Council Vision, 23 July 2026
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How a supplier could follow up
- Track the council's procurement portal and notices for the July 2026 ERP tender.
- Prepare capability evidence for ERP implementation, data cleansing, integration and change management in a public-sector finance/HR environment.
- Map references for multi-module ERP delivery, including reporting, self-service, forecasting and financial control improvements.
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Track it, generate a research brief, and get alerted the next time this council discusses it.