Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 14 Sept 2026, 09:32 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, 09:32 BST
Last source update
14 Sept 2026, 09:32 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-06f8c0

How it was run

Submission deadline

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published6 days ago
    14 Sept 2026, 09:32 BST
  2. 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
  3. Tender notice expectedin 23 days
    12 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. 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

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    14 Sept 2026, 09:32 BSTUK2

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 (1)

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