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BuyerTHE GUINNESS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£350,000
Published21 May 2026

What is being bought

Purpose of Engagement - The Guinness Partnership is undertaking preliminary market engagement to explore available software solutions capable of reading, categorising, validating, and managing compliance certificates associated with gas, electrical, and water inspections. This engagement is intended to: Understand the capabilities of the market Inform future procurement strategy and specification Identify innovative or emerging solutions Assess delivery models, implementation approaches, and commercial options Participation in this engagement does not constitute a commitment to commence a procurement or award a contract. Background and Context - The Guinness Partnership owns and manages over 70,000 homes and is responsible for ensuring ongoing compliance with statutory requirements relating to gas, electrical, and water safety. Compliance evidence is typically provided in a range of certificate formats (e.g. PDF, scanned documents, digitally generated reports) produced by multiple contractors and inspection providers. Guinness is seeking to explore software solutions that can help automate and improve the accuracy, efficiency, and assurance of compliance certificate management. Scope of the Requirement - Interested suppliers are invited to provide information on solutions that can support some or all of the following capabilities: 1. Certificate Ingestion and Reading · Upload or automated ingestion of gas and electrical compliance certificates · Ability to read and extract data from: · Native digital certificates · Scanned documents · PDFs and image-based files · Use of technologies such as OCR, document intelligence, or Al-driven data extraction 2. Data Extraction and Categorisation · Automatic identification and categorisation of certificate types (e.g. Gas Safety Record, EICR) · Extraction of key data fields, potentially including: · Property address / unique property reference · Inspection date · Expiry date / next due date · Engineer or contractor details · Inspection outcomes (e.g. pass, fail, remedial actions required) · Observations and codes · Smoke detection information (install date and location etc.) 3. Automated Coding Tool A system that identifies and categorises: · Cl - Danger present remedial work needed to gain a satisfactory certificate · C2 - Potentially dangerous remedial work needed to gain a satisfactory certificate · C3 - Improvement recommended · Fl - Further investigation required 4. Compliance Checker Flags missing or incomplete sections such as: · Schedule of inspections · Schedule of test results · Observations · Signatures · Outcome summary to support a RAG rating report · Workflows for follow on/corrective actions/audits 5. Workflow, Assurance, and Audit Exception reporting and task management for follow-up actions Audit trail showing certificate receipt, validation, and review Dashboards and reporting to support operational teams and compliance assurance 6. Dashboard Interface A web-based application that allows relevant staff members to review: · Compliance reports open actions, closed actions, etc · Metrics - Pass/Fail · Extraction of C3 codes into a log · Reporting tools and capabilities · Exception reporting · Portal access to enable customers and TGP staff to be able to view and download certificates along with a streamlined method of uploading certificates via a bulk loading software · Auto generation of certificates to be sent to Local Authority when required. 7. Integration and Data Management Ability to integrate with housing management systems, asset systems, or document management platforms Secure storage and retrieval of compliance documentation APIs or other integration options 8. Security, Governance, and Accessibility Compliance with UK data protection and information security standards Role-based access controls

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Compliance software package 48170000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2027 to 31 Mar 2030
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Compliance software packageNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 48. The category anchor is Compliance software package (48170000); 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 483,5291 median · 6.1 average (1,170 of 3,529 with a bid count)1.5 average (1,342 of 3,529 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer2Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK9251 median · 9.8 average (269 of 925 with a bid count)2.4 average (318 of 925 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)299Not 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 agreementNot published
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
Please use the following URL to access the opportunity on the ProActis eSourcing Procurement portal: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com (https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com)/ Opportunity Reference: RFX1000297 To access the full opportunity and respond, you will need to access or create a ProActis account. Once you access the opportunity you will be able to download the full PME document which includes a questionnaire to be completed and returned by the deadline indicated.engagement19 Jun 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-069f8e
Latest release ID047239-2026
Latest release timestampThu May 21 2026 14:19:45 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categorygoods
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£350,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
21 May 2026planning047239-2026

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 (1 releases)
21 May 2026 · 047239-2026 · planning
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