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title: "Provision of Cloud based investigation and tracing system to identify fraudulent social housing and homelessness applications"
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# Provision of Cloud based investigation and tracing system to identify fraudulent social housing and homelessness applications

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-cloud-based-investigation-and-tracing-system-to-identify-fraudulent-social-ho-ocds-h6vhtk-06ee1e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Manchester City Council: "Provision of Cloud based investigation and tracing system to identify fraudulent social housing and homelessness applications". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Manchester City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/manchester-city-council-ons-e08000003)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Data management services, Information technology services, Security software package
- **Delivery Location:** UKD3
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-cloud-based-investigation-and-tracing-system-to-identify-fraudulent-social-ho-ocds-h6vhtk-06ee1e#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06ee1e`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-cloud-based-investigation-and-tracing-system-to-identify-fraudulent-social-ho-ocds-h6vhtk-06ee1e#tl-md)

## Description
Manchester City Council is undertaking a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise to explore the market's capability to provide a cloud-based investigation and tracing system for identifying fraudulent social housing and homelessness applications.
The Council is seeking feedback from potential suppliers to help inform the development of any future procurement and to gain a better understanding of available solutions, market capacity, and innovation in this area.
This PME exercise is for information-gathering purposes only and does not constitute a call for competition. Manchester City Council reserves the right not to proceed with any future procurement arising from this engagement.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 48730000, 72222300, 72322000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 01/02/2027 to 31/01/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F081993-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-27T17:45:27.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T05:50:52.200Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06ee1e