Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 10 Nov 2026, 15:10 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Adult & Children's Social Care Case Management System

Authority: Oldham Council (Local council)

GoodsAbove threshold
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 yrsends 30 Mar 2032 · starts 1 Apr 2028
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

for the provision of an integrated Adult and Children's Social Care Case Management System.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

for the provision of an integrated Adult and Children's Social Care Case Management System

CPV: System, storage and content management software package

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Oldham Council buys System, storage and content management software package (CPV 4878), and who usually turns up

Oldham Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: System, storage and content management software package (CPV 4878) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerOldham Council · division 48
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 7 of 11 known-size awards · market: CPV 4878 · UK-wide, n=16
64%56%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

Buyer: 0 of 2 known-location awards · market: CPV 4878 · UK-wide, n=8
0 of 225%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
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Buyer: no decision dates published · market: division 48 · UK-wide, n=256
—63 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 63 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: exactly 3 of 3 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 4878 · UK-wide, n=21
3 of 376%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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This buyer15 lots with bid counts · all categories
13% had one bid
The market387 lots with bid counts · division 48 · UK-wide
16% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (15) / the market (387) · select a colour for counts
1 bid13% / 16%
Buyer: 2 of 15 lots with published bid counts. Market: 63 of 387 lots with published bid counts.
2–360% / 32%
Buyer: 9 of 15 lots with published bid counts. Market: 122 of 387 lots with published bid counts.
4–620% / 31%
Buyer: 3 of 15 lots with published bid counts. Market: 121 of 387 lots with published bid counts.
7+7% / 21%
Buyer: 1 of 15 lots with published bid counts. Market: 81 of 387 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyer14 lots with estimate and award · all categories
36% below estimate
The market237 lots with estimate and award · division 48 · UK-wide
55% below estimate
% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (14) / the market (237) · select a colour for counts
Below estimate36% / 55%
Buyer: 5 of 14 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 130 of 237 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%36% / 24%
Buyer: 5 of 14 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 58 of 237 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate29% / 21%
Buyer: 4 of 14 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 49 of 237 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 487848 monthsEstimate not published
Expected competition
i

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 387 past lots.

—No model forecast yet16% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 387 similar lots
1 bid16%
63 of 387 similar past lots received 1 bid (16%).
2–332%
122 of 387 similar past lots received 2–3 (32%).
4–631%
121 of 387 similar past lots received 4–6 (31%).
7+21%
81 of 387 similar past lots received 7+ (21%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
10 Nov 2026, 15:10 GMT
Last source update
10 Nov 2026, 15:10 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-106763
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
System, storage and content management software package
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b8c6 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

10 Nov 2026 → 1 Apr 2028 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published3 days ago
    10 Nov 2026, 15:10 GMT
  2. Today
    13 Nov 2026
  3. Market engagementin 17 days
    30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT

    Soft market testing requirements issued to supplier's along with request to schedule demo.

  4. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2028, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    10 Nov 2026, 15:10 GMT
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PMRJ-8362-DVNT Spindles Shopping Centre, West Street, Oldham, North West, OL1 1HDContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure