Find a TenderCancelledProcurement termination notice
Published 29 Aug 2025, 14:14 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Social Housing Allocation System_26

Official notice

Authority: Liverpool City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 5 public authorities

GoodsOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£1,755,000≈ £288k / year · £2,106,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 5 May 2026
Contract term 6 yrs 1 moends 17 Nov 2032 · up to 17 Nov 2036 with extensions · starts 1 Nov 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Contract Name: Social Housing Allocation System_26

Contract Number: DN812100

Liverpool City Council is seeking a supplier to provide a Social Housing Allocation System to the Council, Halton Borough Council, Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council and Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.

The proposed contract will be for five years, following an implementation phase, with options to extend by a further four years commencing in October 2026.

Further information can be obtained from: procontract.due-north.com ↗ from 10:00 on 8 April 2026.

The response submission deadline is 16:00 on 5 May 2026.

Please download the full document suite from Procontract.

Your company will need to register on Procontract (Due North) to be able to receive the opportunity. The documents will only be available on Procontract.

Once you have registered you will need to go to the "my opportunities" section on the home page of Procontract and follow the instructions as a supplier to enable you to return your submission.

To register your organisation on Procontract click on the following link procontract.due-north.com/register ↗, go to suppliers' area and click on "register free".

CPV: Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 6 yrs 1 moSMEVCSEPublished value£1,755,000
Contract period: 1 Nov 2026 – 17 Nov 2032 (6 yrs 1 mo) · up to 17 Nov 2036 with extensionsValue: £1,755,000 exc. VAT · £2,106,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: North WestEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Two options to extend by two years at the sole discretion of the collaboration of Contracting Authorities.

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 30%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Quality: 35%
  • Demonstration: 25%
  • Price: 30%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
  • Quality
  • Demonstration
  • Price
  • Social Value
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Cancelled
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
29 Aug 2025, 14:14 BST
Last source update
25 Aug 2026, 09:03 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 2 Oct 2026
Authority reference
DN812100
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-031704
Latest notice
Procurement termination notice (UK12)
Classification (CPV)
Software package and information systems
Delivery area
North West (UKD7)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059084 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
5 May 2026, 16:00 BST
Clarification deadline
24 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

29 Aug 2025 → 1 Nov 2026 · 8 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    29 Aug 2025, 14:14 BST
  2. Market engagement
    17 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST

    Reason for the engagement is to gain information on the current market to help shape the specification of the tender. Clarifications to be sent via pro contract the deadline for this is the 17th September 2025 @10am.

  3. Tender notice published203 days ago
    8 Apr 2026, 08:55 BST
  4. Clarification questions by186 days ago
    24 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
  5. Submission deadline175 days ago
    5 May 2026, 16:00 BST
  6. Latest notice published64 days ago
    25 Aug 2026, 09:03 BST
  7. Award decision expected by25 days ago
    2 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  8. Today
    28 Oct 2026
  9. Contract startsin 3 days
    1 Nov 2026

Notice history

8 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Aug 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    29 Aug 2025, 14:14 BST
    UK2
  2. Tender notice published
    8 Apr 2026, 08:55 BST
    UK4
  3. Published value updated to £1,755,000
    8 Apr 2026, 08:55 BST
    was £1,000,000
  4. Status changed to active
    8 Apr 2026, 08:55 BST
  5. Procurement method changed
    8 Apr 2026, 08:55 BST
  6. Deadline published: 5 May 2026, 16:00 BST
    8 Apr 2026, 08:55 BST
  7. Procurement termination notice published
    25 Aug 2026, 09:03 BST
    UK12
  8. Status changed to complete
    25 Aug 2026, 09:03 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded toValueDateStatus
supplier not published—25 Aug 2026Cancelled

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

5 public bodies on the notice

Liverpool City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PRVY-7813-WLPG Cunard Building, Liverpool, North West, L3 1DSContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Halton Borough CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PLTJ-1788-CBLR Widnes, North WestContact email
  • Knowsley CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PXQQ-8436-NWPV Huyton, North WestContact email
  • Sefton Metropolitan Borough CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PTHP-5656-DLCN Bootle, North WestContact email
  • Wirral CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PBCP-8675-BHWT Wallasey, North WestContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure