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# SOFT MARKET TEST - Bristol City Council Legal management software

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/soft-market-test-bristol-city-council-legal-management-software-ocds-h6vhtk-028ef8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Bristol City Council: "SOFT MARKET TEST - Bristol City Council Legal management software". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Bristol City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/bristol-city-council-ons-e06000023)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Industry specific software package
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-028ef8`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/soft-market-test-bristol-city-council-legal-management-software-ocds-h6vhtk-028ef8#tl-md)

## Description
Bristol City Council (“BCC”) is undertaking a Soft Market Testing Exercise in relation to the availability of Legal Management software solutions.  This will feed into the development of BCC’s ongoing strategy in this area.
As part of this Soft Market Testing Exercise, BCC will invite some of the participating respondents to demonstrate their product and platform to a panel of project stakeholders. BCC will reserve the right to determine who is invited to any demonstration, and an expression of interest by a supplier does not mean an invitation will be automatically forthcoming. Any suppliers who are not invited to a product demonstration are not excluded from involvement in any future procurement project for this requirement.
The Soft Market Test will comprise of two parts:
Part 1: Expression of interest (EOI) of participation, and high-level capability assessment
- Advert released 1st February 2021
- EOIs allowed from 1st February 2021 to 12th February 2021 @ 12pm
As part of EOI submission, supplier will be asked to complete a short yes/no questionnaire to assess initial capability
Part 2: Further capability assessment and potential demonstration sessions
- From this shortlist of interested suppliers, BCC will provide a more detailed questionnaire for suppliers to complete, to further assess market capability. This will be available to all suppliers who meet all requirements in the yes/no questionnaire in Part 1
- We may also invite certain suppliers to an online demonstration session of their product
Whilst BCC’s strategic preference is for a Software-as-a-Service solution, we are willing to consider alternative models that may be available in the market.
For the avoidance of doubt, this process is for the purpose of conducting a Soft Market Testing Exercise, and will not formally begin the procurement or constitute any commitment by BCC to undertake any procurement exercise.
If you wish to take part in this Soft Market Testing Exercise, please register to use the ProContract procurement portal: https://procontract.due-north.com/Register.   The reference for this project is DN522982.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UK

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001954-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-02-01T15:31:10.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-01T11:56:00.585Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-028ef8