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Published 19 Sept 2025, 10:32 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Pre-Market Engagement for Microsites Framework - Website-hosting, Development and Associated Support

Official notice

Authority: Leicestershire County Council (Local council)

Framework agreementServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48)IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF2)
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Framework period 4 moends 28 Feb 2026 · starts 3 Nov 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

To gather interest and information from the market for website hosting, website development and associated support services to help shape a potential future procurement that may take place.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 4 moSME
Contract period: 3 Nov 2025 – 28 Feb 2026 (4 mo)
Delivery: East MidlandsEligibility: SME eligible
48000000 Software package and information systems72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “Pre-Market Engagement for Microsites Framework - Website-hosting,…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

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
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
19 Sept 2025, 10:32 BST
Last source update
19 Sept 2025, 10:32 BST
Authority reference
DN791301
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-058009
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportSoftware package and information systems
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF2)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059de7 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

19 Sept 2025 → 3 Nov 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    19 Sept 2025, 10:32 BST
  2. Contract starts363 days ago
    3 Nov 2025
  3. Market engagement362 days ago
    3 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT

    To gather interest and information from the market for website hosting, website development and associated support services to help shape a potential future procurement that may take place.

    Further details can be found in the link below:

    procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    19 Sept 2025, 10:32 BST
    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

Leicestershire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PNHT-9235-VXDV County Hall, Leicester, East Midlands, LE3 8RAContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure