Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 18 Aug 2025, 15:56 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Request for Information (RFI) – HR Systems Procurement - LMS

Official notice

Authority: The Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire (Police & fire)·Consortium: 3 public authorities

GoodsAbove threshold
Planned pipeline value£500,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 28 Nov 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Aug 2029 · up to 31 Aug 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

BCH is seeking information from suppliers regarding potential solutions to replace or enhance our current learning management system (LMS). This RFI is intended to gather insights into market offerings, indicative costs, and implementation considerations. Please visit 7force.force.com ↗ for documents and to respond.

CPV: Time accounting or human resources software package

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrs
Contract period: 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Aug 2031 with extensions
Delivery: UK, East of England
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
18 Aug 2025, 15:56 BST
Last source update
18 Aug 2025, 15:56 BST
Authority reference
7F-2025-I558
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-049590
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Time accounting or human resources software package
Delivery area
UKEast of England (UKH1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0589fd Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

18 Aug 2025 → 1 Sept 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    18 Aug 2025, 15:56 BST
  2. Market engagement387 days ago
    30 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST

    Request for Information

  3. Tender notice expected328 days ago
    28 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts52 days ago
    1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    18 Aug 2025, 15:56 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

3 public bodies on the notice

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PMYD-4367-RCGW Bedfordshire Police HQ Bridgebury House, Woburn Road,, Kempston, East of England, MK43 9AXContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure