Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 12 Nov 2026, 13:49 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Customer engagement platform · UK public procurement notice

Authority: Bromford Flagship LiveWest Limited (Public body)

ServicesBelow threshold
Planned pipeline value£90,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 1 Apr 2030 · starts 1 Apr 2027
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

We are looking to procure and implement a scalable customer engagement platform that enables effective customer involvement, consultation, feedback collection, and community management. The platform should support large-scale customer engagement activities, provide robust insight and reporting capabilities, and offer a flexible, user-friendly experience for both administrators and customers.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

We are looking to procure and implement a scalable customer engagement platform that enables effective customer involvement, consultation, feedback collection, and community management. The platform should support large-scale customer engagement activities, provide robust insight and reporting capabilities, and offer a flexible, user-friendly experience for both administrators and customers. Expected customer numbers up to 5000 customer users

Estimated value is for the 3 year contract

CPV: Customer Relation Management software development services · Information technology services · Maintenance of information technology software · Software implementation services · Software package and information systems

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The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

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

How Bromford Flagship LiveWest Limited buys Software-related services (CPV 7226), and who usually turns up

Bromford Flagship LiveWest Limited’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: Software-related services (CPV 7226) →

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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 buyerBromford Flagship LiveWest Limited · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 86 of 125 known-size awards · market: CPV 7226 · UK-wide, n=656
69%53%

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: 32 of 43 known-location awards · market: CPV 7226 · UK-wide, n=435
74%32%

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

How long to a decision?
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Buyer: 9 decided notices · market: CPV 7226 · UK-wide, n=47
55 days54 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 55 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 9 of 42 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 7226 · UK-wide, n=937
21%76%

Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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This buyer36 lots with bid counts · all categories
0% had one bid
The market77 lots with bid counts · CPV 7226 · UK-wide
29% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (36) / the market (77) · select a colour for counts
1 bid0% / 29%
Buyer: 0 of 36 lots with published bid counts. Market: 22 of 77 lots with published bid counts.
2–317% / 31%
Buyer: 6 of 36 lots with published bid counts. Market: 24 of 77 lots with published bid counts.
4–644% / 19%
Buyer: 16 of 36 lots with published bid counts. Market: 15 of 77 lots with published bid counts.
7+39% / 21%
Buyer: 14 of 36 lots with published bid counts. Market: 16 of 77 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyer19 lots with estimate and award · all categories
68% below estimate
The market49 lots with estimate and award · CPV 7226 · UK-wide
55% below estimate
% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (19) / the market (49) · select a colour for counts
Below estimate68% / 55%
Buyer: 13 of 19 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 27 of 49 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%5% / 24%
Buyer: 1 of 19 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 12 of 49 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate26% / 20%
Buyer: 5 of 19 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 10 of 49 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 7236 monthsPublished estimate£90k

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 72. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
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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 777 past lots.

—No model forecast yet13% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 777 similar lots
1 bid13%
100 of 777 similar past lots received 1 bid (13%).
2–328%
217 of 777 similar past lots received 2–3 (28%).
4–628%
216 of 777 similar past lots received 4–6 (28%).
7+31%
244 of 777 similar past lots received 7+ (31%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £90k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

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
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
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
12 Nov 2026, 13:49 GMT
Last source update
12 Nov 2026, 13:49 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-107569
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Customer Relation Management software development servicesInformation technology servicesMaintenance of information technology softwareSoftware implementation servicesSoftware package and information systems
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07ba93 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

12 Nov 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published19h ago
    12 Nov 2026, 13:49 GMT
  2. Today
    13 Nov 2026
  3. Market engagementin 13 days
    26 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT

    BFL is seeking a customer engagement platform to support customer involvement, consultation, scrutiny, feedback collection, and community management activities. The platform should provide a scalable, cost-effective solution capable of engaging a large customer base while delivering robust insight and reporting capabilities.

    Mandatory Requirements

    •Multi-user administration with support for multiple administrator accounts.

    •Scalable user management, including user permissions and access controls.

    •Cost-effective licensing model suitable for large-scale customer engagement.

    •Comprehensive quantitative and qualitative reporting and analysis capabilities.

    •Configurable dashboards, survey analysis, trend reporting, customer segmentation, and data export functionality.

    •Intuitive back-office administration interface.

    •Supplier-provided technical support, training, and guidance materials.

    •Creation and management of customer groups, panels, and communities.

    •Unlimited or unrestricted use of engagement tools and platform functionality without additional activity-based charges.

    •Fully responsive access across desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.

    •Customisable branding, content, and user experience that can be managed by administrators without supplier intervention where possible.

    •Integrated communication tools, including targeted email and notification functionality.

    Desirable Requirements

    •Dedicated mobile application.

    •Integration with customer portals and other digital services.

    •Accessibility compliance tools and functionality.

    •Multi-language and translation capabilities.

    •Automated notifications, reminders, and alerts.

    RESPONSE INSTRUCTIONS

    Suppliers wishing to participate should contact [email protected] to receive more details about the planned procurement. The deadline for submission of information is c.o.p. on 26 November 2026.

    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

    This notice is issued for information gathering purposes only. Participation in this exercise will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any future procurement process.

  4. Contract startsin 138 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    12 Nov 2026, 13:49 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

BROMFORD FLAGSHIP LIVEWEST LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PPVD-1982-YTZR Shannon Way, Ashchurch, Tewkesbury, South West, GL208NDContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

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