planningFind a Tender · planning Update

Somerset Place-based Solution

BuyerSomerset Council

Statusplanning

DeadlineNot published

ValueValue not published

Published1 Jun 2026

What is being bought

Somerset Council is undertaking a preliminary market engagement to inform the potential future procurement of a modern, integrated digital solution to support key place‑based services. Somerset Council is seeking solutions that will support integrated, end‑to‑end case management, enable joined‑up working across services, improve customer experience through digital self‑service, make better use of data, reporting and analytics, and enable automation, efficiency and service redesign.

Delivery location

UKK23, GB

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning

Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2027 to 31 Mar 2033

What is included

Item	Category	Quantity
1	Software package and information systems	Not published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 48. The category anchor is Software package and information systems (48000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison set	Procedures	Reported bids per procedure	Named award suppliers	Price evidence
Market: CPV division 48	6,836	1 median · 9.6 average (2,488 of 6,836 with a bid count)	1.7 average (2,927 of 6,836 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Same buyer	3	Not published	Not published	Not published
Delivery region: UKK23	23	1 median · 1.3 average (9 of 23 with a bid count)	1 average (10 of 23 with named award suppliers)	Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published

Dynamic purchasing systemNot published

Competitive procurementNot published

Recurring requirementNot published

Procurement method rationaleNot published

Rationale classificationsNot published

Special regimeNot published

Covered byNot published

Submission policyNot published

Selection criteriaNot published

Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published

No-engagement rationaleNot published

Planning documents1

Planning milestones1

Milestone	Type	Due	Status
Please complete the following form by 19.06.2026 https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/Z8qmePn559 Somerset Council is undertaking preliminary market engagement to inform the potential future procurement of a modern, integrated digital solution to support key place‑based services.	engagement	19 Jun 2026	scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender planning · marketEngagementNotice

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCID	ocds-h6vhtk-06a906
Latest release ID	051213-2026
Latest release timestamp	Mon Jun 01 2026 08:59:47 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	Not published
Tender status	planning
Procurement method	Not published
Procurement method details	Not published
Main procurement category	goods
Above threshold	Yes
Legal basis	2023/54
Tender period: start	Not published
Tender period: end	Not published
Expression of interest deadline	Not published
Enquiry deadline	Not published
Award period: start	Not published
Award period: end	Not published
Submission method details	Not published
Submission languages	Not published
Electronic catalogue policy	Not published
Total tender value	Not published
Tender lots in source	1
Tender items in source	1
Tender documents in source	0
Awards in latest release	0
Contracts in latest release	0
Parties in latest release	1

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
1 Jun 2026	planningUpdate	051213-2026
1 Jun 2026	planningUpdate	051192-2026
29 May 2026	planning	050897-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON

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Complete JSON history (3 releases)

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29 May 2026 · 050897-2026 · planning

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