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Published 11 Sept 2026, 17:30 BST

Official UK procurement notice

National Non-Domestic Rates (NNDR) - Service

Official notice
Competition analysis

Authority: London Borough of Brent (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66)Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: London (UKI72)
Planned pipeline value£345,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 12 Oct 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrs 11 moends 30 Mar 2030 · up to 30 Apr 2034 with extensions · starts 1 May 2027
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

Brent Council (the “Authority”) is seeking to appoint a supplier to deliver an integrated National Non-Domestic Rates (NNDR) service in accordance with statutory requirements. Brent Council would like to invite suppliers to a Market Engagement event to be held on 9 October 2026. The estimated term of the contract is 3 years with the option to extend for 2 years plus 2 years, The estimated contract value excluding VAT for 3 years is £1.5m and £3.45m with the extensions.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Brent Council (the “Authority”) is seeking to appoint a supplier to deliver an integrated National Non-Domestic Rates (NNDR) service in accordance with statutory requirements.

Brent Council would like to invite suppliers to a Market Engagement event to be held on 9 October 2026. This will be an online event and instructions for attending the event will be available once suppliers have logged into London Tenders Portal (www.londontenders.org ↗)

The estimated term of the contract is 3 years with the option to extend for 2 years plus 2 years, The estimated contract value excluding VAT for 3 years is £1.5m and £3.45m with the extensions.

Anticipated dates:

Tender publication - October 2026

Contract Award - May 2027

Contract End - April 2034

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CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Financial and insurance services

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The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrs 11 moSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 May 2027 – 30 Mar 2030 (2 yrs 11 mo) · up to 30 Apr 2034 with extensions
Delivery: LondonEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
66000000 Financial and insurance services79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How London Borough of Brent buys Financial and insurance services (CPV 66), and who usually turns up

London Borough of Brent’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Financial and insurance services (CPV 66) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerLondon Borough of Brent · all categories
The marketFinancial and insurance services (CPV 66) · Greater London
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 24 of 38 known-size awards · market: division 66 · Greater London, n=242
63%25%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Greater London.

Buyer: 9 of 16 known-location awards · market: division 66 · Greater London, n=214
56%51%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
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Buyer: 9 decided notices · market: division 66 · Greater London, n=27
51 days47 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 51 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 27 of 46 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 66 · Greater London, n=268
59%49%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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This buyer13 lots with bid counts · all categories
23% had one bid
The market82 lots with bid counts · division 66 · Greater London
18% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (13) / the market (82) · select a colour for counts
1 bid23% / 18%
Buyer: 3 of 13 lots with published bid counts. Market: 15 of 82 lots with published bid counts.
2–354% / 51%
Buyer: 7 of 13 lots with published bid counts. Market: 42 of 82 lots with published bid counts.
4–60% / 29%
Buyer: 0 of 13 lots with published bid counts. Market: 24 of 82 lots with published bid counts.
7+23% / 1%
Buyer: 3 of 13 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 82 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyer8 lots with estimate and award · all categories
38% below estimate
The market36 lots with estimate and award · division 66 · Greater London
58% below estimate
% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (8) / the market (36) · select a colour for counts
Below estimate38% / 58%
Buyer: 3 of 8 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 21 of 36 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%50% / 25%
Buyer: 4 of 8 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 9 of 36 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate13% / 17%
Buyer: 1 of 8 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 6 of 36 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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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 6635 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£345k

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 66. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
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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 82 past lots.

—No model forecast yet18% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 82 similar lots
1 bid18%
15 of 82 similar past lots received 1 bid (18%).
2–351%
42 of 82 similar past lots received 2–3 (51%).
4–629%
24 of 82 similar past lots received 4–6 (29%).
7+1%
1 of 82 similar past lots received 7+ (1%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £345k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

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
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
11 Sept 2026, 17:30 BST
Last source update
14 Sept 2026, 10:58 BST
Authority reference
CORP-2026-026
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-086755
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityFinancial and insurance services
Delivery area
London (UKI72)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f8a3 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

11 Sept 2026 → 1 May 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published63 days ago
    11 Sept 2026, 17:30 BST
  2. Latest notice published60 days ago
    14 Sept 2026, 10:58 BST
  3. Market engagement36 days ago
    8 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST

    An online market engagement event will be held on Microsoft Teams scheduled for Friday 9th October 2026 between 11pm - 12pm.

    If your organisation is interested in attending the event, please express an interest in the opportunity on the London Tenders Portal. You will then receive a message from the Council with further details on how to register for the event.

    Link to the Market Engagement Opportunity: procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/View ↗

  4. Tender notice expected32 days ago
    12 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  5. Today
    14 Nov 2026
  6. Contract startsin 167 days
    1 May 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Sept 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    11 Sept 2026, 17:30 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    14 Sept 2026, 10:58 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

Brent Council wishes to notify the change in the notice to the following: a) Engagement section of the notice We wanted to give you the link to the access the market engagement opportunity - Instead of- Suppliers are invited to an online market engagement. the event will provide details of the contract including information on the specification, requirements and the up and coming tender. You will…

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

London Borough of Brent

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PQVJ-5248-JQQY Brent Civic Centre, Wembley, London, HA9 0FJContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure