Kirklees Council plans £8.5m–£12m council-wide ERP replacement
Kirklees Council's administration has committed to bringing forward a brand new ERP system to improve efficiency and productivity across council services. A Cabinet report describes the proposed replacement as a major capital investment of between £8.5m and £12m, with procurement and implementation expected to take several years.
Kirklees Metropolitan Council · Yorkshire and the Humber · 21 October 2026
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The leader's statement at the 21 October 2026 meeting only plans to bring forward an ERP system, and the 6 October 2026 Cabinet report asks cabinet to approve recommendations, so the work is proposed but no award, tender, funding approval or formal decision is recorded.
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we will be the the council that bring forward, the administration that bring forward a brand new ERP system, which will have huge benefits to efficiency and productivity.
Also said in the meeting
“An ERP is a piece of software which actually creates um the efficient and productive paying of bills, raising of orders, providing of remittance, um and linking that across all services across the whole council.”
“And must be taken with very, very clear and um slow and measured views, which is why we will attend to also looking at the transformation process inside that under the corporate um governance structure.”
What we know
- The leader's statement at the 21 October 2026 meeting says the administration intends to bring forward a brand new ERP system to improve efficiency and productivity and reduce waste.
- A 6 October 2026 Cabinet report says the current ERP system supports around 5,000 users, pays 19,000 people, processes orders with more than 2,600 suppliers, and enables more than £38m in direct payments to adults receiving social care.
- The Cabinet report describes the proposed replacement as a large capital investment of between £8.5m and £12m, with the current ERP system reaching the end of extended support in December 2030 and procurement expected to take several years.
How this opportunity developed
Discussed in 2 public meetings before this decision.
- 6 October 2026
Replacement ERP system procurement
“This report seeks approval to begin the procurement of the replacement of the enterprise resource planning or ERP system for the council. Whilst ERP is a technical term, it is essentially one of the council's most important business systems. The current ERP system supports our finance, pay, payroll, procurement and HR functions and underpins many of the processes that enable services to be delivered to residents every day.”
- 21 October 2026 · ConfirmedKirklees Council - 21st October 2026
This notice — the confirming discussion.
Why this is a signal, not noise
A leader-level commitment to bring forward a new ERP system, backed by a Cabinet report quantifying a major capital investment, signals a substantial upcoming procurement.
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How a supplier could follow up
- Monitor Kirklees Council's Cabinet and procurement pages for the formal decision and subsequent procurement documentation arising from the 6 October 2026 Cabinet report recommendations.
- Review the council's transformation and corporate governance structure to understand how the ERP programme will be governed ahead of any tender.
- Prepare capability evidence covering ERP implementation, financial controls, payroll, procurement and social care payments, given the scale described in the Cabinet report.
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