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Preliminary Market Engagement for the provision of stationery to Leicestershire County Council

Office and computing machinery
equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
Printed matter and related products
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Leicestershire County Council: "Preliminary Market Engagement for the provision of stationery to Leicestershire County Council". Published status: planning. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityLeicestershire County CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Leicestershire County Council
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Leicestershire County 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
49.6Bids / Report
25% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
BID SERVICESTop vendor: 51.2% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 174 active published awards; 12 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
BID SERVICES1 win£2,400,000
Living Without Abuse2 wins£745,920
FreeVa2 wins£453,600
BENTLEY PROJECT MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED4 wins£402,770
Gambling with Lives1 win£186,250
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityLeicestershire County 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
Published26 Jan 2026, 08:33 GMT
Last source update26 Jan 2026, 08:33 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationOffice and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages, Printed matter and related products
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-060db1
What is being bought
Leicestershire County Council is the local authority responsible for providing a wide range of public services to the residents, businesses, and communities across Leicestershire. As part of our ongoing commitment to deliver high-quality and cost-effective services, we are reviewing our approach to the procurement of stationery supplies in readiness to go out to the market. The purpose of this document is to engage with the market and seek information from potential suppliers. By gathering insights and feedback at this early stage, we aim to better understand the capabilities, innovations, and challenges within the stationery supply sector. The information collected will help us shape the specification and approach for any future procurement, ensuring that our requirements are realistic, comprehensive, and aligned with market best practice. This is not an invitation to bid, this is solely a request for information (RFI) and no direct business will be awarded as a result of completing this RFI. Responding to this document does not advantage or disadvantage any supplier in any possible future procurement process. No supplier selection or supplier preference is implied. Engagement Process Description Bidders must be registered as suppliers on Proactis to access the pre market engagement and participate in this opportunity. To download the documents and submit a response, search for DN804384 Pre Market Engagement for the provision of stationery to Leicestershire County Council. Once you have expressed an interest, you will gain access to the pre market engagement materials and full response instructions.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    26 Jan 2026, 08:33 GMT
  2. Status changed to planning
    23 Jan 2026, 16:08 GMT
  3. Official notice release published
    23 Jan 2026, 16:08 GMT
  4. Buyer information updated
    23 Jan 2026, 16:08 GMT
  5. Published tender amendment
    Not published
    Engagement Process Description Bidders must be registered as suppliers on Proactis to access the pre market engagement and participate in this opportunity. To download the documents and submit a response, search for DN804384 Pre Market Engagement for the provision of stationery to Leicestershire County Council. Once you have expressed an interest, you will gain access to the pre market engagement materials and full response instructions.
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
    26 Jan 2026, 08:33 GMT
  2. Procedure published
    26 Jan 2026, 08:33 GMT
  3. engagement
    23 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT · scheduled
    Leicestershire County Council is the local authority responsible for providing a wide range of public services to the residents, businesses, and communities across Leicestershire. As part of our ongoing commitment to deliver high-quality and cost-effective services, we are reviewing our approach to the procurement of stationery supplies in readiness to go out to the market. The purpose of this document is to engage with the market and seek information from potential suppliers. By gathering insights and feedback at this early stage, we aim to better understand the capabilities, innovations, and challenges within the stationery supply sector. The information collected will help us shape the specification and approach for any future procurement, ensuring that our requirements are realistic, comprehensive, and aligned with market best practice. This is not an invitation to bid, this is solely a request for information (RFI) and no direct business will be awarded as a result of completing this RFI. Responding to this document does not advantage or disadvantage any supplier in any possible future procurement process. No supplier selection or supplier preference is implied. Engagement Process Description Bidders must be registered as suppliers on Proactis to access the pre market engagement and participate in this opportunity. To download the documents and submit a response, search for DN804384 Pre Market Engagement for the provision of stationery to Leicestershire County Council. Once you have expressed an interest, you will gain access to the pre market engagement materials and full response instructions.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Leicestershire County Council

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PNHT-9235-VXDV
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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