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title: "002282 - Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for Welfare Rights Case Management System"
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# 002282 - Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for Welfare Rights Case Management System

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/002282-preliminary-market-engagement-pme-for-welfare-rights-case-management-system-ocds-h6vhtk-067937). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Durham County Council: "002282 - Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for Welfare Rights Case Management System". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £75,000. 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:** £75,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Industry specific software package
- **Delivery Location:** UKC14
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/002282-preliminary-market-engagement-pme-for-welfare-rights-case-management-system-ocds-h6vhtk-067937#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-067937`

## 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/002282-preliminary-market-engagement-pme-for-welfare-rights-case-management-system-ocds-h6vhtk-067937#tl-md)

## Description
Durham County Council (DCC) are looking to explore the market options for a cloud based Welfare Rights Case Management System. System go live is expected to commence 1st April 2027.
Durham County Council deliver an in-house Welfare Rights service, providing benefit advice and support to the residents of County Durham. The service is accessed via professional in-house referrals for adults and children, carers, support to reduce homelessness, sensory support, supported housing, kinship carers, leaving care, transitions and suicide prevention.
The service receives circa 3500 referrals per annum of which, crica 2000 are for those with a cancer diagnosis through our dedicated Macmillan service.
The service offers, welfare benefits advice, support to apply for benefits, completion of mandatory reconsideration, submission of appeals, appeals to the Upper Tribunal and signposting to additional support services if appropriate.
Welfare Rights require an end to end system for the management of individuals' cases with multiple referrals per client over a period over years eg. a client is re-referred or self refers following an initial piece of completed work.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 48100000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2026 to 30/09/2031

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F029693-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-03-31T12:54:55.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T03:00:45.265Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-067937