Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 14 Sept 2026, 10:58 BST

Official UK procurement notice

National Non-Domestic Rates (NNDR) - Service

Authority: London Borough of Brent (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate £345,000≈ £118k / year · £4,140,000 inc. VAT
Tender notice expected 12 Oct 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrs 11 moup to 7 yrs with extensions · starts 1 May 2027

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 (https://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

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal 2 yrs 11 moSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 May 2027 — 30 Mar 2030 (2 yrs 11 mo) · up to 7 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: London
Extensions
Extension options published
66000000 Financial and insurance services79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
14 Sept 2026, 10:58 BST
Last source update
14 Sept 2026, 10:58 BST
Authority reference
CORP-2026-026
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

How it was run

Submission deadline

Timeline

5 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published9 days ago
    11 Sept 2026, 17:30 BST
  2. Latest notice published6 days ago
    14 Sept 2026, 10:58 BST
  3. Market engagementin 19 days
    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 more…the Council with further details on how to register for the event. Link to the Market Engagement Opportunity: https://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/View?advertId=7ffab9df-e3ad-f111-813c-005056b64545&fromAdvertEvent=True
  4. Tender notice expectedin 23 days
    12 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract startsin 223 days
    1 May 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

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Sept 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    14 Sept 2026, 10:58 BSTUK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    11 Sept 2026, 17:30 BSTUK2
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…

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 0FJ
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Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure