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Published 24 Sept 2026, 16:03 BST

Official UK procurement notice

CWC26100MW - Education Management Information System (EMIS)

Authority: Wolverhampton City Council (Local council)

Goods
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG)
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsstarts 1 Apr 2030

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Wolverhampton City Council are conducting a Preliminary Market Test for Education Management Information System. 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 a solution.

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

https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=d112b773-43ac-f111-813c-005056b64545&p=cdcfff6b-8cbd-e611-8118-000c29c9ba21

The closing date for submission is 5pm on Wednesday 7th October 2026.

CPV: Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Planned 5 yrs
Contract period: 1 Apr 2030 — 31 Mar 2035 (5 yrs)Delivery: West Midlands
48000000 Software package and information systems

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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
24 Sept 2026, 16:03 BST
Last source update
24 Sept 2026, 16:03 BST
Authority reference
CWC26100MW
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Software package and information systems
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f59d

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published16 days ago
    9 Sept 2026, 13:08 BST
  2. Latest notice published1 day ago
    24 Sept 2026, 16:03 BST
  3. Market engagementin 12 days
    7 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
    Wolverhampton City Council are conducting a Preliminary Market Test for Education Management Information System. 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 more…(PME) is to seek input from potential suppliers within the market, to determine the capability and capacity of the market to deliver such a solution. 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 https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=d112b773-43ac-f111-813c-005056b64545&p=cdcfff6b-8cbd-e611-8118-000c29c9ba21 The closing date for submission is 5pm on Wednesday 7th October 2026.
  4. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2030, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Sept 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    24 Sept 2026, 16:03 BSTUK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    9 Sept 2026, 13:08 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)

Change to Response Date

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 1SH

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure