Official UK procurement notice
Preliminary Engagement - E-tendering Solution for East Midlands User Group
Authority: Leicester City Council (Local council)·On behalf of: Northamptonshire Children's Trust
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLeicester City Council ('the Council") on behalf of public sector buyers listed within this notice, and herein referred to as East Midlands User Group, would like to carry out preliminary market engagement in relation to its e-tendering solution. For further background, please click on the below link & refer to the attached document: E-tendering solution PME.docx
(available in the "Attachments" box on the right-hand side of the below page):
procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗
Please note that due to the nature of this requirement, submissions are via email only.
CPV: Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- 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
- 12 Mar 2025, 17:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Mar 2025, 12:40 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-009636- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ec68Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
12 Mar 2025 → 1 Feb 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published12 Mar 2025, 17:05 GMT
- Latest notice published17 Mar 2025, 12:40 GMT
- Market engagement28 Mar 2025, 23:59 GMT
The questionnaire to be submitted by noon on Friday, 28th March 2025.
E-tendering solution PME.docx
(available in the "Attachments" box on the right-hand side of the below page):
procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗
The questionnaire available to download via the link provided.
Please note that due to the nature of this requirement, submissions are via email only.
Invited suppliers to present on 2nd April 2025.
- Contract starts264 days ago1 Feb 2026
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Mar 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published12 Mar 2025, 17:05 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published12 Mar 2025, 17:20 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Mar 2025, 12:40 GMTUK2
Published amendments (2)
Further detail on where to locate the questionnaire: E-tendering solution PME.docx (available via the link in the "Attachments" box on the right-hand side)
Contracting Authorities amended to 10
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
12 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Derby City CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- Derbyshire County CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- Leicestershire County CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPOContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- Lincolnshire County CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- North Northamptonshire CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- Northamptonshire Children's TrustProcuring entityPotential user of the solution
- Nottingham City CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- Nottinghamshire County CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- Welland ProcurementContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- West Northamptonshire CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender