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Published 23 Sept 2026, 15:47 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of a White Label Jobs Board Solution for WMjobs.co.uk (W198)

Official notice
Competition analysis

Authority: West Midlands Employers (Public body)

ServicesSME suitable
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48)IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG)
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 30 Jun 2030 · up to 30 Jun 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Jul 2027
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

West Midlands Employers is undertaking preliminary market engagement in relation to the potential procurement of a white-label jobs board platform to support the continued operation and future development of WMJobs. WMJobs is an established public sector job board operated by West Midlands Employers (WME).

What is being bought

Published requirement description

West Midlands Employers is undertaking preliminary market engagement in relation to the potential procurement of a white-label jobs board platform to support the continued operation and future development of WMJobs.

WMJobs is an established public sector job board operated by West Midlands Employers (WME). The service supports local authorities, education providers, emergency services, charities and other public sector and not-for-profit organisations across the West Midlands and beyond.

To assist suppliers in understanding the scale of the service, WMJobs currently supports approximately 3,600 recruiting organisations, publishes around 21,000 job advertisements annually, attracts over 334,000 monthly unique visitors, and has more than 632,000 registered job seeker accounts. These figures are indicative only and are provided to support supplier understanding during this Preliminary Market Engagement exercise.

WME is seeking early market input to help refine its requirements and understand available delivery models.

The purpose of this engagement is to gather information regarding:

  • Supplier Capability and relevant experience
  • Potential delivery Approaches and Market readiness
  • Future development considerations

The engagement is intended to support market understanding only and does not constitute a call for competition, invitation to tender, or commitment by WME to proceed with any procurement. Participation in this engagement will not give any supplier an advantage in any future procurement, and non-participation will not prevent a supplier from bidding should a procurement be launched. WME will manage the engagement in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023.

Interested Organisations are invited to complete the accompanying supplier questionnaire.

CPV: Database and operating software package · Industry specific software package · Networking, Internet and intranet software package · Software package and information systems · Software supply services

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The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Jul 2027 – 30 Jun 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 30 Jun 2032 with extensions
Delivery: West MidlandsEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
48000000 Software package and information systems48100000 Industry specific software package48200000 Networking, Internet and intranet software package48600000 Database and operating software package72268000 Software supply services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How West Midlands Employers buys Industry specific software package (CPV 4810), and who usually turns up

West Midlands Employers’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Industry specific software package (CPV 4810) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerWest Midlands Employers · all categories
The marketIndustry specific software package (CPV 4810)
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 1 of 2 known-size awards · market: CPV 4810 · West Midlands, n=17
1 of 271%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in West Midlands.

Buyer: 0 of 1 known-location awards · market: CPV 4810 · West Midlands, n=23
0 of 117%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i
Buyer: no decision dates published · market: CPV 4810 · UK-wide, n=14
—42 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 42 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 1 of 3 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 4810 · West Midlands, n=29
1 of 376%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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This buyerNo bid counts published
The market23 lots with bid counts · CPV 4810 · UK-wide
17% had one bid
% of the market's 23 lots with a published bid count · select a colour for counts
1 bid17%
Market: 4 of 23 lots with published bid counts.
2–335%
Market: 8 of 23 lots with published bid counts.
4–635%
Market: 8 of 23 lots with published bid counts.
7+13%
Market: 3 of 23 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyerNo estimate-and-award pairs published
The market12 lots with estimate and award · CPV 4810 · UK-wide
75% below estimate
% of the market's 12 lots with an estimate and award · select a colour for counts
Below estimate75%
Market: 9 of 12 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%17%
Market: 2 of 12 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate8%
Market: 1 of 12 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 722636 monthsSME suitableEstimate not published

This lot is listed as CPV 7226. The table above uses the notice category.

Expected competition
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 78 past lots.

—No model forecast yet8% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 78 similar lots
1 bid8%
6 of 78 similar past lots received 1 bid (8%).
2–327%
21 of 78 similar past lots received 2–3 (27%).
4–628%
22 of 78 similar past lots received 4–6 (28%).
7+37%
29 of 78 similar past lots received 7+ (37%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 5 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
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
23 Sept 2026, 15:47 BST
Last source update
30 Sept 2026, 10:34 BST
Authority reference
W198
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092211
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Database and operating software packageIndustry specific software packageNetworking, Internet and intranet software packageSoftware package and information systemsSoftware supply services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0778e6 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

23 Sept 2026 → 1 Jul 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published52 days ago
    23 Sept 2026, 15:47 BST
  2. Latest notice published45 days ago
    30 Sept 2026, 10:34 BST
  3. Market engagement40 days ago
    5 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST

    The PME opens on Wednesday 23rd September 2026 and suppliers will have until 17:00 on Monday 05 October 2026 to respond. The PME questionnaire can be accessed here:

    forms.cloud.microsoft/e/ysdzhWm7u5 ↗

    Suppliers may raise clarification questions by emailing [email protected] All clarification questions must be received by 12h00PM Friday 2nd October 2026.

    All information provided by suppliers will be used to inform WME’s procurement preparation. Where relevant, information gathered through PME may be reflected in future procurement documents, shared with the market on an equal basis, or used to refine the proposed specification, Conditions of Participation, award criteria, timetable or contract approach.

  4. Today
    15 Nov 2026
  5. Contract startsin 227 days
    1 Jul 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Sept 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    23 Sept 2026, 15:47 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    30 Sept 2026, 10:34 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

West Midlands Employers

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PHZL-1422-PCLL JQ Modern 120 Vyse Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B186NDContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure