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title: "001236 - Soft Market Testing Exercise for the Provision of a Deputy and Appointee Banking and Software Solution"
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# 001236 - Soft Market Testing Exercise for the Provision of a Deputy and Appointee Banking and Software Solution

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/001236-soft-market-testing-exercise-for-the-provision-of-a-deputy-and-appointee-banking-an-ocds-h6vhtk-04ef8f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Durham County Council: "001236 - Soft Market Testing Exercise for the Provision of a Deputy and Appointee Banking and Software Solution". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Durham County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/durham-county-council-ons-e06000047)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Banking and investment services, Software package and information systems
- **Delivery Location:** UKC
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/001236-soft-market-testing-exercise-for-the-provision-of-a-deputy-and-appointee-banking-an-ocds-h6vhtk-04ef8f#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04ef8f`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/001236-soft-market-testing-exercise-for-the-provision-of-a-deputy-and-appointee-banking-an-ocds-h6vhtk-04ef8f#tl-md)

## Description
Durham County Council Deputy and Appointee Team (DAT) are exploring banking and software solutions to support the Deputy and Appointee functions of its customers. Currently, we support circa 950 customers with appointeeship or deputyship in any financial year.
The DAT are responsible for managing the finances, including all daily living expenses and household bills, for individuals deemed to lack capacity to manage their financial affairs. Individual need will vary from monthly personal allowance payments to individuals who require their funds to be paid daily.
For appointee cases, the DAT will access Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits and for CoP cases, this can range from investment accounts, private pensions, existing individual bank accounts and DWP benefits, and will also include property as applicable.
Our current operating model is as follows:
• One main bank account for Durham County Council (DCC).
• All payments/income are paid into the main DCC bank account.
• Support function to translate one main bank account into 950 individual virtual accounts and undertake reconciliation activity.
• Software package as Client Record Management System (CRMS).
• Pre-paid cards to make individual payments to customers daily, weekly, monthly.
• Individual reconciliation of pre-paid card payments and transactions to individual virtual accounts.
We are looking for an incorporated system for all financial transactions for our customers, reducing the duplication, interdependencies, and potential multiple impacts of the current system.
Previous system ref DN742339

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 48000000, 66100000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2025 to 30/09/2029

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010338-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-03-20T11:05:44.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T17:29:48.058Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04ef8f