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title: "BLC0273 Adobe or equivalent software"
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# BLC0273 Adobe or equivalent software

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/blc0273-adobe-or-equivalent-software-ocds-h6vhtk-055c30). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** BlueLight Commercial Limited: "BLC0273 Adobe or equivalent software". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £12,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [BlueLight Commercial Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/bluelight-commercial-limited-coh-12517649)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £12,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Software package and information systems
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/blc0273-adobe-or-equivalent-software-ocds-h6vhtk-055c30#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-055c30`

## 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/blc0273-adobe-or-equivalent-software-ocds-h6vhtk-055c30#tl-md)

## Description
Further to the UK1: Pipeline Notice published on 9th June (ref: 2025/S 000-030886) for a national contract for all policing (and potential for fire authorities) for Adobe or equivalent software needs. 
BlueLight Commercial are issuing this Preliminary Market Engagement Notice to further understand alternative products to Adobe available within the PDF management market which will help inform BLC’s overall approach and strategy to the procurement. To be clear BLC have not yet chosen a route to market and may decide that an open procurement is not an appropriate route for this Contract and may review existing Frameworks available under the Public Contract Regulations 2015. 
BlueLight Commercial therefore invites interested technology providers to attend a market engagement session on Friday 18th July, 10.30am. During the session we will provide an overview of the current contract and our minimum requirements of the software moving forward.
Following this initial market engagement session BlueLight Commercial intends to hold one-to-one meetings on 24th July with technology providers which will focus on gaining an understanding of the technology capabilities and functionality in the market. Depending on the level of interest,  BlueLight Commercial reserves the right to restrict these meetings to technology providers only who can meet the minimum requirements set out within the initial market engagement session. 
If you have any questions, please contact the BlueLight Commercial ICT Team at nationalict@bluelight.police.uk. It is important to note that this notice acts as an invitation to attend market engagement, it is not a call for competition and as such potential providers will need to express interest in any future opportunity once a tender notice is published on Find a Tender Service (FTS). This preliminary market engagement notice is not a pre-qualification questionnaire and is not part of any pre-qualification or selection process and is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise only to help inform a subsequent procurement exercise.

## Lots (1)
### Lot LOT-0001: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `LOT-0001`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 48000000

- **Contract Period:** 20/04/2026 to 19/04/2029

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F038666-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-09T14:12:20.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T16:31:27.713Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-055c30