Official UK procurement notice
Advanced Email Threat Protection Solution
Authority: Leicester City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe purpose of such engagement is to understand the level of market interest and to seek market intelligence on offerings in the market on both commercial off the shelf solutions as well as any innovatative proposals from organisations that may have an interest or expertise in this field
The Council is aiming to procure a solution which will deliver and future proof the current functionality and additionally provide flexibility to exploit the use of new technology where this provides benefit to the business, in relation to Advanced Email Threat Protection
Objectives of the Preliminary Market Engagement Exercise are to:
- gain initial supplier awareness, engagement and opinion;
- provide confidence around viability of concept;
- gain insight to the market possibilities and potential innovative solutions;
- understand risks and issues not previously considered;
- inform the Outline Business Case;
- inform the Procurement Strategy; and
- prevent the Council from advertising an unachievable project at UK e-notification service www.find-tender.service.gov.uk ↗ stage.
CPV: Security software package
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- 23 May 2025, 15:41 BST
- Last source update
- 23 May 2025, 15:41 BST
- Authority reference
1010RCCS- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-026787- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0523f9Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
23 May 2025 → 1 Nov 2025 · 3 dates- Planning notice published23 May 2025, 15:41 BST
- Market engagement18 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
The Council are interested in understanding the market, and whether suppliers can supply all (our preferred option), or one of the components we are looking to replace. We are not averse to using different solutions for each of these channels. As a principle the Council is embracing digitalisation moving towards streamlining, automation and channel adoption, with customer self-service at every opportunity.
The Council have formed several specific questions, and are seeking your views on how we can achieve best value in respect of these delivered as a commercially off the shelf solution (COTS) . The questions are located in the PME published document.
In responding, you should understand that detailed and lengthy submissions are not necessary at this stage. Nonetheless, we welcome any pertinent information on your company’s capability and views on an approach to the provision of the required services.
- Contract starts360 days ago1 Nov 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published23 May 2025, 15:41 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender