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title: "002749 - Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for Business Durham Business Support Intelligence Platform (BSIP)"
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# 002749 - Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for Business Durham Business Support Intelligence Platform (BSIP)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/002749-preliminary-market-engagement-pme-for-business-durham-business-support-intelligence-ocds-h6vhtk-06c481). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Durham County Council: "002749 - Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for Business Durham Business Support Intelligence Platform (BSIP)". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £120,000. 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:** £120,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Software package and information systems
- **Delivery Location:** UKC14
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/002749-preliminary-market-engagement-pme-for-business-durham-business-support-intelligence-ocds-h6vhtk-06c481#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06c481`

## 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/002749-preliminary-market-engagement-pme-for-business-durham-business-support-intelligence-ocds-h6vhtk-06c481#tl-md)

## Description
Business Durham aims to procure a provider who can design and implement an information system that will meet Business Durham's data requirements now and for the future. The project brief has been designed by a working group with representation from the four pillars of Business Durham plus marketing, business services and leadership teams. Each representative has provided an overview of their needs, in terms of inputting client/business data, reporting and analysis.
Full system requirements can be accessed in the PME documents.
This opportunity forms part of our preliminary market engagement, offering you the opportunity to share feedback and comments before the opportunity is released for formal tender submissions.
Interested providers can access the written response questions, free of charge, by registering on the Open Portal at www.open-uk.org 
The deadline for completed responses is Tuesday 21st July at 12 noon.

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

- **Contract Period:** 31/07/2027 to 31/07/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F063291-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-06T14:47:27.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T12:11:01.908Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06c481