Official UK procurement notice
ID 6641977 Department of Finance LPS Ordnance Survey eCommerce Procurement Project - PRELIMINARY MARKET ENGAGEMENT
Authority: Department of Finance (Central government)·On behalf of: CPD
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPRELIMINARY MARKET ENGAGEMENT EXERCISE
PLEASE NOTE:
The Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire can be accessed in the Cft Documents area.
The Department of Finance (DoF) is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to establish a contract with a Supplier to provide a new Land and Property Services (LPS) Ordnance Survey NI (OSNI) E-Commerce Solution, to include development, support and maintenance. The potential scale and scope of this service is such that it offers a significant opportunity to Suppliers. Prior to initiating the procurement, the DoF wishes to establish the level of market interest in participating in the procurement process • gain initial supplier awareness, engagement and opinion • gain insight into potential innovative solutions and possibilities for delivery • Understand risks and issues not previously considered • inform the Outline Business Case; and • inform any necessary Procurement Strategy.
PLEASE NOTE: ALL COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA THE MESSAGING FUNCTION on eTendersNI, BEFORE 15:00 on the date specified below under 'Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate'.
Depending on the volume of responses, the Department of Finance may wish to follow up the questionnaire with online meetings with respondents. Further detail is included within the PME Questionnaire.
CPV: Aerial mapping services · Digital mapping services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Map-making services · Rural areas mapping services · Software package and information systems · Urban areas mapping services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Planned
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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 2 Oct 2026, 16:30 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Oct 2026, 16:30 BST
- Authority reference
ID 6641977- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07801f
How it was run
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
4 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice publishedearlier today2 Oct 2026, 16:30 BST
- Market engagementin 31 days2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
If you wish to participate in the Contracting Authority’s Preliminary Market Engagement for this requirement, a questionnaire for completion is available via eTendersNI under ID 6641977. The questionnaire must be completed and submitted via eTendersNI by the engagement deadline date and time more…
detailed above. The PME questionnaire and associated documents are available with unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: URL https://etendersni.gov.uk/ - Tender notice expectedin 91 days1 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 270 days30 Jun 2027, 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
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published2 Oct 2026, 16:30 BSTUK2
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- CPDBeneficiary authority
- CPD - Supplies & 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