Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 17 Mar 2025, 17:39 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Oracle Managed Support Services

Official notice

Authority: West Sussex County Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£900,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 17 Jun 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 19 Oct 2027 · up to 19 Oct 2028 with extensions · starts 20 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

West Sussex County Council is undertaking Preliminary Market Engagement to gather insights and inform its sourcing strategy for the future provision of a technical and functional managed support service for Oracle Cloud (ERP, HCM and EPM). The Council is currently in the implementation phase of Oracle Cloud with implementation services (technical and change management) being provided by Infosys Limited. For more information on the Implementing Oracle Programme, please refer to westsussex.moderngov.co.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx ↗ This notice is issued in accordance with sections 16 and 17 of the Procurement Act 2023 to seek market input before the commencement of a formal procurement process.

CPV: Data security software development services · IT software development services · Software consultancy services · Software support services · Software testing

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSME
Contract period: 20 Oct 2025 – 19 Oct 2027 (2 yrs) · up to 19 Oct 2028 with extensions
Eligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
17 Mar 2025, 17:39 GMT
Last source update
17 Mar 2025, 17:39 GMT
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-009767
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Data security software development servicesIT software development servicesSoftware consultancy servicesSoftware support servicesSoftware testing
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ee28 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

17 Mar 2025 → 20 Oct 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    17 Mar 2025, 17:39 GMT
  2. Market engagement
    30 May 2025, 23:59 BST

    The Council would like to hear from suppliers with Oracle Cloud, SAAS, EPM, OCI, OIC and BI expertise in a Local Government setting and able to support a first generation Oracle Cloud support contract. This engagement aims to: -Assess market capability and interest. -Gather feedback on proposed service requirements. -Understand innovation and best practices. -Inform the final procurement approach Written Expressions of Interest can be emailed to [email protected] (WSCC Implementing Oracle - Commercial Lead). Please include -'WSCC Oracle Managed Support Services' in the subject title. -Name of the organisation you represent -Contact details of the pre-sales lead -Current and recent managed support contracts the organisation is delivering or has delivered. The Council expects to organise and hold a series of meetings with interested suppliers with relevant experience during the preliminary market engagement window. Registration on the Central Digital Platform is not required at this stage for market engagement; however, it will be necessary afterwards to be able to review a tender or submit a bid if the procurement falls under PA23. The Council's e-sourcing portal is Atamis. Suppliers can register following this link: atamis-7669.my.site.com/ProSpend__CustomComm… ↗

  3. Tender notice expected
    17 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
  4. Contract starts372 days ago
    20 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    17 Mar 2025, 17:39 GMT
    UK2

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

West Sussex County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PXJW-5627-QRQR County Hall, Chichester, South East, PO19 1RGContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure