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Published 8 Oct 2026, 11:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Gazetteer Management and Web Mapping System

Authority: Leicester City Council (Local council)

GoodsBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£120,000≈ £40k / year · £140,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 4 Nov 202617:00 GMT · 26d 17h left
Clarification cut-off 27 Oct 202609:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2030 · extension options published · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

As a unitary authority the Council maintains both Street and Address Gazetteers, with approximately 5000 streets and 170,000 BLPUs (Basic Land & Property Units) with associated BLPU polygons. A comprehensive viewable Web Mapping service (with over 200 map sets and 650 plus layers (excluding basemap layers) is provided to both public and internal users (several hundred per day) with many different versions with different functionalities, including limited data input option e.g. for public consultations/issue reporting. The system also provides simple maps embedded into the Council's web site as well textual 'FindMyLocal' service. The tender is to replace both elements and will include the migration of all data and configuration of equivalent map sets, versions and functionality i.e. approximately 650 layers/tables and 200 mapsets, associated macros, styling, templates, themes etc.

CPV: Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 3 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£120,000
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2030 (3 yrs)Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: East MidlandsTurnover guideline: ~£79,927/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£120,000 exc. VAT · £140,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
Contract risks a. As a result of Local Government Reforms (LGR) there may be boundary changes, mergers, or reorganisations which may reshape service delivery models and require the system to support new operating models or data structures that cannot be delivered within the original system scope. b. Changes in statutory requirements may necessitate new system functionality that cannot be delivered within the original system scope. c. New statutory reporting, compliance obligations may require system redesign or additional modules that cannot be delivered within the original system scope. d. Changes in data governance expectations may require enhancements to system storage, audit trails, or consent management that the existing system cannot accommodate. e. These risks cannot be managed as part of the procurement process but if they were to materialise dialogue/negotiation would need to take place and any changes to the contract agreed by formal change control under the contract.
48000000 Software package and information systems

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Price
  • Quality

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points — a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £79,927 (twice the annual value).

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring — the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

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

Leicester City Council’s own published record, next to the East Midlands 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

This buyer’s published record next to the market where the work is delivered — contested contracts only, counted per lot

Question for the bid
This buyerLeicester City Council · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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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: 62 of 106 known-size awards · market: division 48, n=188
58%46%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

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 East Midlands.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 74 of 176 known-location awards · market: division 48, n=156
42%20%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside East Midlands.

How long to a decision?
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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: 48 decided notices · market: n=49
55 days64 days

Half of these awards were announced within 55 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 61 of 163 awarded contracts without a rival · market: n=194
37%53%

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?

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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 buyer102 lots with bid counts · all categories
11% had one bid
The market76 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 48
9% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid11% / 9%
Buyer: 11 of 102 lots with published bid counts. Market: 7 of 76 lots with published bid counts.
2–340% / 38%
Buyer: 41 of 102 lots with published bid counts. Market: 29 of 76 lots with published bid counts.
4–625% / 34%
Buyer: 26 of 102 lots with published bid counts. Market: 26 of 76 lots with published bid counts.
7+24% / 18%
Buyer: 24 of 102 lots with published bid counts. Market: 14 of 76 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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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 buyer63 lots with estimate and award · all categories
52% below estimate
The market40 lots with estimate and award · broad CPV 48
53% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate52% / 53%
Buyer: 33 of 63 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 21 of 40 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%24% / 23%
Buyer: 15 of 63 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 9 of 40 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate24% / 25%
Buyer: 15 of 63 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 10 of 40 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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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 #19% single-bidPublished estimate£120,000
Expected competition
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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 76 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—9% single-bid risk
Past bids on 76 similar lots
1 bid9%
7 of 76 similar past lots received 1 bid (9%).
2–338%
29 of 76 similar past lots received 2–3 (38%).
4–634%
26 of 76 similar past lots received 4–6 (34%).
7+18%
14 of 76 similar past lots received 7+ (18%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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Where the winning 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 guide, not a price to bid.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet — the published estimate is £120k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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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 valueMatch
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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.

SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
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Coverage and what to read with care
  • Each figure explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two sides are never blended. A lot’s own market is read at its delivery region where the lot names one; where it names several, or none that can be resolved, the chart falls back to the UK-wide record for the same category and says so under the bar. An empty cell means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
  • When we call out a difference. A buyer figure is only flagged against the market when the sample is large enough that the gap is unlikely to be chance; at most two callouts appear, always phrased as a comparison with both numbers and the sample size.
  • Coverage (re-measured 5 Oct on the live record, 94,497 awarded procedures of the last three years). 51 % publish a bid count and 72 % a delivery region, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice names none, labelled. Of the 17,687 award-vs-estimate pairs, 34 % sit exactly on the estimate — the buyer published the award at the figure it advertised. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden, and a distribution is not drawn as percentages below ten observations.
  • “Match”, text similarity, the expected-bid figure and the distribution drawn beneath it are model outputs, not published facts or win probabilities. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Open for tender
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
8 Oct 2026, 11:05 BST
Last source update
8 Oct 2026, 11:05 BST
Authority reference
1120NMPTED
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095083
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Software package and information systems
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF21)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07837b Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via ProContract (Due North)
Submission portal named on this notice: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
4 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
27 Oct 2026, 09:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £120,000 excludes VAT (£140,000 including VAT).

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice published1 day ago
    8 Oct 2026, 11:05 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 18 days
    27 Oct 2026, 09:00 GMT
  3. Submission deadlinein 27 days
    4 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 174 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 8 Oct 2026
  1. Tender notice published
    8 Oct 2026, 11:05 BSTUK4
  2. First tender notice published
    8 Oct 2026, 11:05 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Leicester City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PXRT-5737-VBQD 115 Charles Street, Leicester, East Midlands, LE1 1FZ [email protected]

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender