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Published 28 Sept 2026, 07:52 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Open Source Tools

Authority: The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Northamptonshire (Police & fire)

ServicesBelow thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48)IT Services & Software (72)Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF24)
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsstarts 11 Jan 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of Open Source Tools for Northamptonshire Police. The Authority is hoping to engage with the Market to better understand the products/tools available to refine our specification and requirements before any formal tender process.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Investigation services · Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Planned 2 yrsSME
Contract period: 11 Jan 2027 — 10 Jan 2029 (2 yrs)Eligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: East Midlands
48000000 Software package and information systems72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support79720000 Investigation 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
Below threshold
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
28 Sept 2026, 07:52 BST
Last source update
28 Sept 2026, 07:52 BST
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportInvestigation servicesSoftware package and information systems
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF24)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077b13

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice publishedjust passed
    28 Sept 2026, 07:52 BST
  2. Market engagementin 33 days
    30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
    Provision of Open Source Tools for Northamptonshire Police. The Authority is hoping to engage with the Market to better understand the products/tools available to refine our requirements and specification prior to any formal tender. Engagement meetings to be held in November 2026. The deadline for more…submitting an expression of interest is 30th October 2026. If you are interested in attending the Pre-Market Engagement meetings, please complete the requirements section on Atamis and express an interest - https://northamptonshire-opfcc.my.site.com/s/Welcome If you have any problems viewing this opportunity or registering your interest, please email Commercial at [email protected]
  3. Contract startsin 105 days
    11 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT

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
    28 Sept 2026, 07:52 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Northamptonshire

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PQZB-4253-GCQD Darby House ,Darby Close ,Park Farm Industrial Estate, Wellingborough, East Midlands, NN8 6GS [email protected]

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure