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Soft Market Engagement - Commercial Opportunity Development (not a formal procurement exercise)

Business and management consultancy and related services
North West (UKD4)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Lancashire County Council: "Soft Market Engagement - Commercial Opportunity Development (not a formal procurement exercise)". Published status: planning. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityLancashire County CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Lancashire County Council
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Lancashire County Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
7.8Bids / Report
7.1% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
STEPPING STONE PROJECTSTop vendor: 31.1% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 95 active published awards; 14 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
STEPPING STONE PROJECTS1 win£322,000
JMU SERVICES LIMITED1 win£314,238
CONSTRUCTION MARINE LIMITED1 win£216,667
JENOPTIK UK LIMITED1 win£180,940
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityLancashire County Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published8 May 2026, 11:22 BST
Last source update8 May 2026, 11:22 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationBusiness and management consultancy and related services
Delivery area
North West (UKD4)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06946a
What is being bought
Lancashire County Council is seeking to engage the market to better understand the support available to help accelerate and strengthen its programme of commercial activity. The Council is exploring how it can generate additional value and income through new commercial models, making best use of its assets, services and capabilities. The Council is interested in understanding: • Best practice in developing and delivering local authority commercial opportunities; • The types of expertise and support that suppliers can offer, including idea generation, business case development and delivery support; • How suppliers can work alongside an internal commercial team to build capacity and deliver at pace. This engagement is not a procurement exercise. The purpose is to undertake structured soft market testing to inform the Council's future approach and shape any subsequent requirements. Suppliers are invited to respond to a short survey setting out their relevant experience, approach and capacity. Please note, there will not be any formal evaluation of responses. Following review of responses, the Council anticipates inviting a small number of suppliers to attend an in‑person discussion session on 28th May 2026, to explore approaches, share ideas and discuss potential future collaboration. Participation in this engagement does not commit the Council to any future procurement or contractual arrangement. To be considered, please respond by noon on 18th May 2026.  
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to planning
    8 May 2026, 11:22 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    8 May 2026, 11:22 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    8 May 2026, 11:22 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    8 May 2026, 11:22 BST
  2. Procedure published
    8 May 2026, 11:22 BST
  3. engagement
    18 May 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    Suppliers are invited to respond to a short survey setting out their relevant experience, approach and capacity. Please note, there will not be any formal evaluation of responses. Following review of responses, the Council anticipates inviting a small number of suppliers to attend an in‑person discussion session on 28th May 2026, to explore approaches, share ideas and discuss potential future collaboration. Participation in this engagement does not commit the Council to any future procurement or contractual arrangement. To be considered, please respond by noon on 18th May 2026. Link to Survey: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/4cyAzAE1jV Link to Lancashire County Council website advert: https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/business/tenders-and-procurement/tenders/lps-soft-market-engagement-commercial-opportunity-development/  
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Lancashire County Council

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PBBJ-2179-TNXM
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Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published