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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)

Authority: West Midlands Employers (Public body)

ServicesSME suitable
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48)IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG)
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 yrup to 3 yrs with extensions · starts 1 Jul 2026

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

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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

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal 1 yrSME
Contract period: 1 Jul 2026 — 30 Jun 2027 (1 yr) · up to 3 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: West Midlands
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

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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
23 Sept 2026, 15:47 BST
Last source update
23 Sept 2026, 15:47 BST
Authority reference
W198
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

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Contract starts86 days ago
    1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
  2. Planning notice published1 day ago
    23 Sept 2026, 15:47 BST
  3. Market engagementin 11 days
    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: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/ysdzhWm7u5 Suppliers may raise clarification questions by emailing [email protected] All more…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.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    23 Sept 2026, 15:47 BSTUK2

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, B186ND [email protected]

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure