Official UK procurement notice
ID 5828073 - DFE - Provision of a Case Management System for OITFET (Preliminary Market Engagement)
Authority: Department for the Economy (Central government)·On behalf of: CPD - Supplies and Services Division
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Department for Economy is preparing to initiate a procurement process to establish a contract for a Case Management System (CMS) and public portal to replace the current line of business system that supports the Office of Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal (OITFET) business workflow and processes. The contract duration is estimated to be between five and ten years. The potential scale and scope of this service is such that it offers a significant opportunity to bidders. Prior to initiating the procurement, DfE wishes to establish the level of market interest in participating in the procurement process. The questionnaire must be completed and submitted via eTendersNI by the engagement deadline date and time detailed above. Please see document entitled "ID 5680789 - Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) Questionnaire" for further detail.
CPV: Computer archiving services · Content or data standardization and classification services · Custom software development services · Data management services · Data services · Data storage services · Data-processing services · Database services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Software development services · Software implementation services · Software programming and consultancy services · +4 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- 27 Jun 2025, 14:20 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Jun 2025, 14:20 BST
- Authority reference
ID 5828073- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-035825- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05553fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
27 Jun 2025 → 2 Jan 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published27 Jun 2025, 14:20 BST
- Market engagement31 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Any Suppliers wishing to participate in the Contracting Authority's Preliminary Market Engagement for
this requirement, must complete the questionnaire available via eTendersNI under ID 5828073. The questionnaire must be completed and submitted via eTendersNI by the engagement deadline date and time detailed above.
- Tender notice expected387 days ago1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts295 days ago2 Jan 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published27 Jun 2025, 14:20 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
3 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- CPD - Supplies and Services DivisionBeneficiary authority
- CPD - Suppliers & Services DivisionProcess contact pointProcuring entityConstruction and Procurement Delivery – Supplies and Services Division, is a Centre of Procurement Expertise and provides a central procurement function for central government in Northern Ireland.
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