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plannedFind a Tender · planning
BuyerLeicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO
Statusplanned
DeadlineNot published
Value£183,333,333
Published25 Jun 2026

What is being bought

ESPO is a public sector-owned professional buying organisation offering a comprehensive range of procurement services, including access to over 100 free-to-access framework solutions for the wider public sector. We are conducting preliminary market engagement with the intention of establishing a framework for the provision of a range of staff benefits schemes, which offer goods and services to customers’ employees via salary sacrifice, voluntary benefits, or net payroll deduction. This is not a call for competition. Tender documentation is not yet available.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Presents and rewards 18530000Computer equipment and supplies 30200000Mobile telephones 32250000Passenger cars 34110000Bicycles 34430000Financial leasing services 66114000Benefit services 75310000Child allowances 75340000Child daycare services 85312110Miscellaneous services 98300000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned
Contract periodFrom 7 Aug 2027 to 6 Aug 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Presents and rewards, Computer equipment and supplies, Mobile telephones, Passenger cars, Bicycles, Financial leasing services, Benefit services, Child allowances, Child daycare services, Miscellaneous servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 18. The category anchor is Presents and rewards (18530000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 188267 median · 46.4 average (357 of 826 with a bid count)4.3 average (374 of 826 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer3Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK3158 median · 107.2 average (113 of 315 with a bid count)7.3 average (121 of 315 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)14Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
ESPO are conducting market engagement to gain feedback and insight from potential suppliers to inform the development of a proposed framework for the provision of a range Staff Benefits schemes. The intended outcomes of the preliminary market engagement process are: * To alert the market to and encourage participation in the framework procurement. * To identify and explore opportunities to improve the framework offering in specific areas: - Market trends; - Regulatory or legislative updates; - Opportunities for improvement through technology; - Framework scope; - Framework pricing; - Rebate structure; - Data controls; - Ease of use; - Framework appeal. * To communicate the outcomes of the engagement process to the market, ensuring fairness. Engagement is initially being undertaken via a Request for Information (RFI) questionnaire, details of which are captured on the EastMidsTenders eProcurement Portal (www.eastmidstenders.org). The deadline for responding to the RFI is 17:00 (5pm) on 10 July 2026. Suppliers wishing to participate in the engagement process MUST must first express an interest as follows: (a) Go to https://www.eastmidstenders.org/; (b) Register (if not already registered on ProContract); (c) Search for tender opportunity 319_27 (via "View Opportunities" from the EastMidsTenders Portal); d) Express an interest. Suppliers can access the RFI in the ‘Messages’ section found on the ‘Activity’ dashboard, once an expression of interest has been registered. Any questions or clarifications on this should be ONLY be submitted to ESPO as a message on the eProcurement Portal. ESPO also intends to conduct 1-2-1 meetings with a limited number of potential suppliers to further explore points raised within questionnaire responses, including where further detail or clarification is required. To ensure equal treatment of potential suppliers, and that participants in the preliminary market engagement process are not put at an unfair advantage, ESPO will publish market engagement outcomes within any subsequent ITT documentation.engagement21 Aug 2026scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06968b
Latest release ID059713-2026
Latest release timestampThu Jun 25 2026 09:27:15 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanned
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£183,333,333
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
25 Jun 2026planning059713-2026
12 May 2026planning043398-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
25 Jun 2026 · 059713-2026 · planning
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12 May 2026 · 043398-2026 · planning
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