Official UK procurement notice
HRUC Outsourced Data Protection & Information Governance Services
Authority: Harrow, Richmond and Uxbridge College (Education)
The purpose of this exercise is to briefly explain to providers the business and technical requirements (and the expected scope) of a proposed procurement of Outsourced Data Protection & Information Governance Services for Harrow Richmond & Uxbridge Colleges. Please note: this premarket engagement exercise is not an invitation to tender or a request for formal expressions of interest.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe purpose of this exercise is to briefly explain to providers the business and technical requirements (and the expected scope) of a proposed procurement of Outsourced Data Protection & Information Governance Services for Harrow Richmond & Uxbridge Colleges.
Please note: this premarket engagement exercise is not an invitation to tender or a request for formal expressions of interest. This document does not form any part of an invitation to tender. Harrow Richmond & Uxbridge Colleges is issuing this request for information only.
CPV: General management consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Harrow, Richmond and Uxbridge College buys Business and management consultancy services (CPV 7941), and who usually turns up
Harrow, Richmond and Uxbridge College has little published record in this market. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Business and management consultancy services (CPV 7941) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 35 days of the bid deadline.
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The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
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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1 bid16%
2–319%
4–625%
7+40%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Below estimate42%
Within ±2%49%
Above estimate9%
Assess each lot i
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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 7941No real estimate
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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 277 past lots.
1 bid16%
2–319%
4–625%
7+40%
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
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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
- 29 Sept 2026, 13:54 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Sept 2026, 13:54 BST
- Authority reference
CA18507- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-091902- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077c8aFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
29 Sept 2026 → 1 Jan 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published45 days ago29 Sept 2026, 13:54 BST
- Market engagement27 days ago16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
The Contracting Authority will conduct the procurement in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 and the associated regulations, ensuring compliance with the statutory objectives.
- Tender notice expected17 days ago26 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Today13 Nov 2026
- Contract startsin 48 days1 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published29 Sept 2026, 13:54 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender