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Published 6 Nov 2026, 14:45 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Request for Information - ERP Programme Implementation System Integrator

Official notice
Competition analysis

Authority: Buckinghamshire Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove threshold
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: South East (UKJ13)
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 1 Apr 2029 · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Buckinghamshire Council (the Council) has issued a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice and is carrying out an information-gathering exercise.

The Council is requesting information about the capacity for an ERP Programme Implementation System Integrator.

CPV: Software implementation services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 2 yrs
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 1 Apr 2029 (2 yrs)
Delivery: South East
72263000 Software implementation services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

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

How Buckinghamshire Council buys Software-related services (CPV 7226), and who usually turns up

Buckinghamshire Council’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: Software-related services (CPV 7226) →

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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 buyerBuckinghamshire Council · division 72
The marketSoftware-related services (CPV 7226)
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: 8 of 9 known-size awards · market: CPV 7226 · South East England, n=97
89%54%

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 South East England.

Buyer: 2 of 4 known-location awards · market: CPV 7226 · South East England, n=103
2 of 424%

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

How long to a decision?
i
Buyer: no decision dates published · market: CPV 7226 · South East England, n=8
—134 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 134 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 4 of 5 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 7226 · South East England, n=139
80%73%

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 buyer42 lots with bid counts · all categories
29% had one bid
The market7 lots with bid counts · CPV 7226 · South East England
14% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (42) / the market (7) · select a colour for counts
1 bid29% / 14%
Buyer: 12 of 42 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 7 lots with published bid counts.
2–321% / 43%
Buyer: 9 of 42 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 7 lots with published bid counts.
4–638% / 29%
Buyer: 16 of 42 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 7 lots with published bid counts.
7+12% / 14%
Buyer: 5 of 42 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 7 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyer30 lots with estimate and award · all categories
33% below estimate
The market49 lots with estimate and award · CPV 7226 · UK-wide
55% below estimate
% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (30) / the market (49) · select a colour for counts
Below estimate33% / 55%
Buyer: 10 of 30 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 27 of 49 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%57% / 24%
Buyer: 17 of 30 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 12 of 49 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate10% / 20%
Buyer: 3 of 30 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 10 of 49 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 722624 monthsEstimate not published
Expected competition
i

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 85 past lots.

—No model forecast yet8% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 85 similar lots
1 bid8%
7 of 85 similar past lots received 1 bid (8%).
2–329%
25 of 85 similar past lots received 2–3 (29%).
4–629%
25 of 85 similar past lots received 4–6 (29%).
7+33%
28 of 85 similar past lots received 7+ (33%).
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.

Coming up in this sector

Contracts ending within 12 months · Retender Radar, sector filter set

Contracts ending in IT Services & SoftwareRetender Radar, CPV 72: incumbents and end dates for the next 12 months

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
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
6 Nov 2026, 14:45 GMT
Last source update
6 Nov 2026, 14:45 GMT
Authority reference
BC/0002074
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-105796
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Software implementation services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ13)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b6b3 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

6 Nov 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published8 days ago
    6 Nov 2026, 14:45 GMT
  2. Market engagement2 days ago
    12 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT

    Interested suppliers must complete the RFI document that can be found on the Council's procurement portal, InTend.

    supplier.in-tend.co.uk/buckinghamshire-coun… ↗

  3. Today
    15 Nov 2026
  4. Contract startsin 136 days
    1 Apr 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    6 Nov 2026, 14:45 GMT
    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

Buckinghamshire Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PCLJ-2677-YQXD The Gateway, Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury, South East, HP198FFContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure