Planning, Land Charges, and Building Control Database Software

Official notice

Authority: Liverpool City Council (Local council)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66)Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North West (UKD72)

Awarded value£248,493published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 28 Jan 2026no call for competition

Awarded to IDOX SOFTWARE LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Procurement of a back-office database solution to support the Council's Planning, Building Control, and Land Charges functions.

CPV: Fiscal services · Treasury services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1A back-office database solution to support the Council's Planning, Building Control,…Awarded

A back-office database solution to support the Council's Planning, Building Control, and Land Charges functions. The system is required for the Council to discharge its statutory duties, including processing planning applications, managing building regulations, and conducting local land charge searches

Delivery: North West

Extensions: 12 month extension period available

66600000 Treasury services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 28 Jan 2026, 10:14 GMT
Last source update: 28 Jan 2026, 10:14 GMT
Authority reference: DN803679
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-007438
Classification (CPV): Fiscal servicesTreasury services
Delivery area: North West (UKD72)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-061082 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: Supply market engagement confirmed that whilst alternative solutions exist, the cost of change remains the decisive factor. It highlighted that moving away from the incumbent would necessitate a full-scale migration and implementational project with substantial costs and associated risks, which could not be justified against the benefits offered by competitor systems, which offer broadly similar core functionality.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £248,4931 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 28 Jan 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
IDOX SOFTWARE LTD	£248,493 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Planning, Land Charges, and Building Control Database Software · IDOX SOFTWARE LTD
Signed
28 Jan 2026
Value
£248,493
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Liverpool City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityEconomic affairs Cunard Building, Liverpool, North West, L31DSContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Idox Software LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 02933889 Surrey, North West

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.