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Published 22 May 2026, 15:24 BST

Official UK procurement notice

CWC26037MW-2 - Digitalisation of CWC Internal Provision Services

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Wolverhampton City Council (Local council)

GoodsSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG)
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 May 2032 · starts 1 Jun 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Wolverhampton City Council are conducting a further round of Preliminary Market Testing for Digitisation of Internal Provision Services. The Council would like to look at the options available, indicative costs, technical options and benefits of installing such a solution.

The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) is to seek input from potential suppliers within the market, to determine the capability and capacity of the market to deliver such an integrated digital solution to further support and enhance the future delivery of Council Adult Social Care Internal Provision services, and at what indicative costs.

This preliminary market engagement seeks to identify all the options available to the Council at this stage.

Interested suppliers are invited to participate by completing a questionnaire which is available at the link in this advert. This will be used for information-gathering purposes and will help the Council understand the current market offerings and innovations.

If you would like to participate, please complete the Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire which is available using the following link

procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗

The closing date for submission is Friday 23rd October 2026 at 12 Noon.

You need NOT re-apply if you already applied to the earlier round of pre-market engagement.

CPV: Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 5 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Jun 2027 – 31 May 2032 (5 yrs)
Delivery: West MidlandsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
48000000 Software package and information systems

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

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

How Wolverhampton City Council buys Software package and information systems (CPV 48), and who usually turns up

Wolverhampton City Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Software package and information systems (CPV 48) →

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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 buyerWolverhampton City Council · division 48
The marketSoftware package and information systems (CPV 48) · West Midlands
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 0 of 2 known-size awards · market: division 48 · West Midlands, n=204
0 of 223%

No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Here, local means registered in West Midlands.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 2 of 4 known-location awards · market: division 48 · West Midlands, n=225
2 of 414%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in West Midlands.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 25 decided notices · market: division 48 · West Midlands, n=20
81 days62 days

Half of these awards were announced within 81 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

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

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 3 of 6 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 48 · West Midlands, n=296
50%73%

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?

i

How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer45 lots with bid counts · all categories
13% had one bid
The market29 lots with bid counts · division 48 · West Midlands
21% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid13% / 21%
Buyer: 6 of 45 lots with published bid counts. Market: 6 of 29 lots with published bid counts.
2–336% / 31%
Buyer: 16 of 45 lots with published bid counts. Market: 9 of 29 lots with published bid counts.
4–622% / 28%
Buyer: 10 of 45 lots with published bid counts. Market: 8 of 29 lots with published bid counts.
7+29% / 21%
Buyer: 13 of 45 lots with published bid counts. Market: 6 of 29 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer41 lots with estimate and award · all categories
22% below estimate
The market19 lots with estimate and award · division 48 · West Midlands
21% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate22% / 21%
Buyer: 9 of 41 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 4 of 19 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%68% / 47%
Buyer: 28 of 41 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 9 of 19 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate10% / 32%
Buyer: 4 of 41 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 6 of 19 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
i

What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #160 monthsSME suitableEstimate not published
Expected competition
i

How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

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 29 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet21% single-bid risk
Past bids on 29 similar lots
1 bid21%
6 of 29 similar past lots received 1 bid (21%).
2–331%
9 of 29 similar past lots received 2–3 (31%).
4–628%
8 of 29 similar past lots received 4–6 (28%).
7+21%
6 of 29 similar past lots received 7+ (21%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—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

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

SupplierThis buyer’s earlier contractLotAward valueWhy listed
Word360 LtdEarlier contractCWC22149 - The Provision of Interpretation and Translation Servicesnotice published Mar 2024—£320kMatched as the earlier contract

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

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

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in 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
Unspecified in notice
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
22 May 2026, 15:24 BST
Last source update
16 Oct 2026, 11:14 BST
Authority reference
CWC26037MW-2
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-097822
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Software package and information systems
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a1d7 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

22 May 2026 → 1 Jun 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published152 days ago
    22 May 2026, 15:24 BST
  2. Latest notice published5 days ago
    16 Oct 2026, 11:14 BST
  3. Today
    21 Oct 2026
  4. Market engagementin 2 days
    23 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST

    Wolverhampton City Council are conducting a further round of Preliminary Market Testing for Digitisation of Internal Provision Services. The Council would like to look at the options available, indicative costs, technical options and benefits of installing such a solution.

    The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) is to seek input from potential suppliers within the market, to determine the capability and capacity of the market to deliver such an integrated digital solution to further support and enhance the future delivery of Council Adult Social Care Internal Provision services, and at what indicative costs.

    This preliminary market engagement seeks to identify all the options available to the Council at this stage.

    Interested suppliers are invited to participate by completing a questionnaire which is available at the link in this advert. This will be used for information-gathering purposes and will help the Council understand the current market offerings and innovations.

    If you would like to participate, please complete the Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire which is available using the following link

    procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗

    The closing date for submission is Friday 23rd October 2026 at 12 Noon.

    You need NOT re-apply if you already applied to the earlier round of pre-market engagement.

  5. Contract startsin 222 days
    1 Jun 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

7 events · 7 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    22 May 2026, 15:24 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    29 May 2026, 11:32 BST
    UK2
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    4 Jun 2026, 16:19 BST
    UK2
  4. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    4 Jun 2026, 16:22 BST
    UK2
  5. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    4 Sept 2026, 13:21 BST
    UK2
  6. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    4 Sept 2026, 13:25 BST
    UK2
  7. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    16 Oct 2026, 11:14 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (5)

Extension of deadline to respond to PME - The closing date for submission has been extended to 12 noon on Monday 8th June 2026

The date for return of completed responses is to be extended to 5pm Friday 12th June.

Amending deadline date to the 12th June 2026

Market engagement reference added to the title of the market engagement opportunity

Change of deadline to respond. New date is 23rd October 2026 at 12 noon

Routine re-releases (7)
  • 2026-06: 2 releases · 4 Jun 2026, 4 Jun 2026
  • 2026-05: 2 releases · 22 May 2026, 29 May 2026

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

Wolverhampton City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PVBV-7568-LBLL Civic Centre, St Peter's Square, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV1 1SHContact email

Official documents & specifications (7)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure