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Pre-Market Engagement for the provision , installation, commissioning and maintenance of VCA Certified Traffic Enforcement Systems

Buyer: Leicester City Council →

BuyerLeicester City Council
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£650,000
Published11 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Leicester City Council (the Council) are commencing a formal Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise in advance of initiating a procurement process. The Council aims to procure a Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) accredited camera enforcement solution which will enable us to significantly increase and efficiently enforce a range of moving vehicle offences across the city whilst maximising the value of our existing enforcement camera estate. The purpose of such engagement is to understand the level of market interest and to seek market intelligence on commercial off the shelf solutions and any innovative proposals from organisations who can provide VCA accredited products and operational expertise in this field.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Software package and information systems 48000000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 Oct 2026 to 30 Sept 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Software package and information systemsNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 48. The category anchor is Software package and information systems (48000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 483,6961 median · 6.5 average (1,231 of 3,696 with a bid count)1.6 average (1,415 of 3,696 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer34Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK9651 median · 10.1 average (285 of 965 with a bid count)2.5 average (337 of 965 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)2923 median · 3 average (1 of 292 with a bid count)1 average (1 of 292 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
Please note this is a Preliminary Market Engagement, it is not a formal invitation to tender. Suppliers must complete a questionnaire and submit the responses by 26th August 2025. To enhance our understanding of the solutions currently available in the market and in addition to the submitted questionnaire, we may invite a number of suppliers (5) to deliver an overview presentation of their solution and its functionality. For more information regarding the process, you can access the PME document by following this link: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=e492e45c-a85c-f011-813a-005056b64545engagement26 Aug 2025scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-055bbd
Latest release ID047492-2025
Latest release timestampMon Aug 11 2025 08:07:08 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£650,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
11 Aug 2025planningUpdate047492-2025
9 Jul 2025planning038484-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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