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title: "ID 4405531 - DoF - CED – DoF CED Supply, Configuration and Maintenance of Information Control System"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/id-4405531-dof-ced-dof-ced-supply-configuration-and-maintenance-of-information-control-sys-ocds-h6vhtk-037272"
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# ID 4405531 - DoF - CED – DoF CED Supply, Configuration and Maintenance of Information Control System

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/id-4405531-dof-ced-dof-ced-supply-configuration-and-maintenance-of-information-control-sys-ocds-h6vhtk-037272). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department of Finance - Central Expenditure Division: "ID 4405531 - DoF - CED – DoF CED Supply, Configuration and Maintenance of Information Control System". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department of Finance - Central Expenditure Division](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-of-finance-central-expenditure-division-GB-FTS-65064)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business transaction and personal business software package, Financial analysis and accounting software package, IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Miscellaneous software package and computer systems, Software development services (+3 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKN
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-037272`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/id-4405531-dof-ced-dof-ced-supply-configuration-and-maintenance-of-information-control-sys-ocds-h6vhtk-037272#tl-md)

## Description
***PRE MARKET ENGAGEMENT EXCERCISE *** ID 4405531 - DoF - CED Supply, Configuration and Maintenance of Information Control System - Pre-Market Engagement.The Department of Finance, Central Expenditure Division (CED) is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to establish a contract with a Supplier to report NI Public Expenditure. The current contract is due to expire in 22/02/2023. CED operate a financial database, Resource Budgeting Management (RBM) to manage the financial processes and administers Departmental and Supply access to the system when required. To extract meaningful data/information and structured reports from RBM, CED currently use a WebFocus reporting system. The current system is used across the NICS infrastructure to retrieve, analyse and report both to support local processes and for updates to the HMT OSCAR system. These updates to HM Treasury OSCAR demonstrate that the NI budget remains within the control limits as set by Treasury. This is an important legal imperative and cannot be avoided. Please see the Pre-Market Engagement exercise document (inc. questionnaire) for all relevant details. The objectives of this exercise are to: • gain initial supplier awareness, engagement and opinion, • provide confidence around viability of concept; • gain insight to the market possibilities and potential innovative solutions; • understand risks and issues not previously considered; • inform the Procurement Strategy; and • prevent the Department from advertising an unachievable project **PLEASE NOTE: THE DEADLINE FOR REQUESTS FOR CLARIFICATION IS 3PM ON MONDAY 10 OCTOBER 2022. ALL COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA THE MESSAGING FUNCTION on eTendersNI (under reference ID 4405531), BEFORE 3PM ON MONDAY 17 OCTOBER 2022**.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 48000000, 48400000, 48440000, 48900000, 72240000, 72260000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Description:** Pre-market engagement exercise.

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F027707-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-10-03T13:50:27.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T10:01:49.011Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-037272