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Outsourced Clerking Service

Administration services
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Peterborough City Council: "Outsourced Clerking Service". Published status: planning. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityPeterborough City CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Peterborough City Council
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Peterborough City Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
8.8Bids / Report
11.1% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationLow Concentration
Cambridge Archaeological Unit, Department of Archaeology, University of CambridgeTop vendor: 20% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
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Coverage: 40 active published awards; 9 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
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Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityPeterborough City Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published12 May 2026, 12:26 BST
Last source update12 May 2026, 12:26 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationAdministration services
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-069687
What is being bought
The Council supports a diverse range of maintained schools, each with governing boards and committees that must meet regularly and lawfully. Clerks are required to provide professional administrative and procedural support, including agenda preparation, attendance at meetings, advice on governance matters, accurate recording of decisions, and production of compliant minutes. Current arrangements face challenges including recruitment and retention of suitably skilled clerks, maintaining consistent quality across schools, ensuring resilience and cover arrangements, and managing cost pressures. The Council is therefore seeking to understand how the market could deliver a sustainable, high-quality clerking service in a manner that is scalable. Supplier who are interested in this opportunity should submit an Expression of Interest on the ProContract Advert. This will then grant access to the Preliminary Market Engagement document that all Suppliers are asked to complete and return via ProContract by no later than 12:00 Noon on 9th June 2026. THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION. This is a Preliminary Market Engagement Opportunity to understand the current market and pricing structures. Responses will be reviewed and follow up clarification questions may be asked to ensure the Authority can make an informed decision on the future of the clerking service. No supplier selection or supplier preference is implied.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to planning
    12 May 2026, 12:26 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    12 May 2026, 12:26 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    12 May 2026, 12:26 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    12 May 2026, 12:26 BST
  2. Procedure published
    12 May 2026, 12:26 BST
  3. engagement
    9 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    THIS IS NOT A CALL TO COMPETITION. This is a Preliminary Market Engagement event in relation to outsourcing the existing clerking service. This preliminary market engagement event does not form any part of any invitation to tender. Peterborough City Council is issuing this request for information only. Any supplier invited to present to the Authority is doing so to support market research only and to help make any potential procurement process more focused and efficient. No supplier selection or supplier preference is implied. The preliminary market engagement event can be accessed via ProContract at this link: https://procontract.due-north.com/Supplier/Advert/View?advertId=2bd00c22-ec4d-f111-813c-005056b64545&fromProjectDashboard=False&fromRfxSummary=False&selectWorkgroup=False&fromAdvertEvent=False&fromActivityDashboard=False If you do not already have an account with ProContract you can register and create an account for free. Once you have accessed the advert, please click on the green "Register interest in this opportunity". Doing this will allow you to access the Preliminary Market Engagement event and associated document. Once the questions within the document have been completed, please upload your response via ProContract. The event will remain open until 12:00 Noon on 9th June 2026. If you have any questions whilst this event is live and you have already registered your interest, please use the ProContract messaging facility.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Peterborough City Council

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PLXM-3229-WVQH
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  • Peterborough City Council
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PLXM-3229-WVQH
    Sand Martin House Peterborough, Bittern Way, Peterborough, UKH11, PE2 8TY, GB
    Helen.Davies@peterborough.gov.uk
    +441733452459
Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published