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title: "National Careers Service - \"Technical and Live Services\" and \"Portfolio Support\" - Joint Pre-Market Engagement Event"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-careers-service-technical-and-live-services-and-portfolio-support-joint-pre-marke-ocds-h6vhtk-06ba48"
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# National Careers Service - "Technical and Live Services" and "Portfolio Support" - Joint Pre-Market Engagement Event

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-careers-service-technical-and-live-services-and-portfolio-support-joint-pre-marke-ocds-h6vhtk-06ba48). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Education: "National Careers Service - "Technical and Live Services" and "Portfolio Support" - Joint Pre-Market Engagement Event". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £11,700,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Education](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-education-gov-d6)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £11,700,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Information technology services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-careers-service-technical-and-live-services-and-portfolio-support-joint-pre-marke-ocds-h6vhtk-06ba48#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06ba48`

## 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/national-careers-service-technical-and-live-services-and-portfolio-support-joint-pre-marke-ocds-h6vhtk-06ba48#tl-md)

## Description
These procurements will be ran via the GCA Framework "Digital Outcomes and Specialists 7" RM1043.9, Lot 2. Only suppliers awarded onto this framework Lot shall be invited to participate in this preliminary market engagement event and subsequent further competition.
This event is to alert the market of an upcoming tender opportunity and to provide important context and information ahead of the requirements being launched.
Technical and Live Services
We are seeking a supplier that will partner with us to provide on-going technical capability to maintain the web presence of the National Careers Service, Data Sharing Service (DSS), Skills for Careers and associated Course Directory.
The desired outcome is for the awarded supplier to bring industry best practices and high performing individuals to work alongside our delivery and in-house team.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 72222300
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 18/10/2026 to 18/10/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F059927-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-25T14:03:59.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T12:55:47.449Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06ba48