Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 11 Nov 2026, 12:12 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Strategy 2030 Delivery Partners Framework

Authority: THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING (Charity / VCSE)

Framework agreementServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£300,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 25 Nov 2026from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 3 yrsends 31 Dec 2029 · up to 31 Dec 2030 with extensions · starts 2 Jan 2027
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

A multi-supplier framework in five lots to support delivery of the Academy’s Strategy 2030 across people, process and technology: strategy and operating model;

What is being bought

Published requirement description

A multi-supplier framework in five lots to support delivery of the Academy’s Strategy 2030 across people, process and technology:

strategy and operating model;

technology and digital consultancy;

applications, data and integration;

change, adoption and capability; and

independent assurance.

CPV: Information technology services · Software integration consultancy services · Software-related services

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How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
3 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 2 Jan 2027

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSME
Contract period: 2 Jan 2027 – 31 Dec 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Dec 2030 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “Strategy 2030 Delivery Partners Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING buys Systems and technical consultancy services (CPV 7222), and who usually turns up

THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING has little published record in this market. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Systems and technical consultancy services (CPV 7222) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerTHE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING · this authority
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: no supplier sizes published · market: CPV 7222 · UK-wide, n=64
—42%

Across this market, small firms won 42% of awards with a known supplier size.

How often do local suppliers win?
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

Buyer: no winner locations published · market: CPV 7222 · UK-wide, n=35
—26%

Across this market, 26% of winners were registered in the delivery region.

How long to a decision?
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Buyer: no decision dates published · market: CPV 7222 · UK-wide, n=12
—129 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 129 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: no awards on record · market: CPV 7222 · UK-wide, n=44
—61%

Across this market, at least 61% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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This buyerNo bid counts published
The market34 lots with bid counts · CPV 7222 · UK-wide
0% had one bid
% of the market's 34 lots with a published bid count · select a colour for counts
1 bid0%
Market: 0 of 34 lots with published bid counts.
2–326%
Market: 9 of 34 lots with published bid counts.
4–624%
Market: 8 of 34 lots with published bid counts.
7+50%
Market: 17 of 34 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.

Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.

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Assess each lot
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 7236 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£300k

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 72. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 201 past lots.

—No model forecast yet9% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 201 similar lots
1 bid9%
18 of 201 similar past lots received 1 bid (9%).
2–321%
43 of 201 similar past lots received 2–3 (21%).
4–629%
58 of 201 similar past lots received 4–6 (29%).
7+41%
82 of 201 similar past lots received 7+ (41%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 5 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
11 Nov 2026, 12:12 GMT
Last source update
11 Nov 2026, 12:12 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-107065
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Information technology servicesSoftware integration consultancy servicesSoftware-related services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b97a Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

11 Nov 2026 → 2 Jan 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published45h ago
    11 Nov 2026, 12:12 GMT
  2. Today
    13 Nov 2026
  3. Tender notice expectedin 12 days
    25 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Market engagementin 12 days
    25 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT

    The engagement will seek supplier feedback on the proposed Strategy 2030 Delivery Partners Framework, including its scope and five lots, the proposed delivery and call-off arrangements, and the commercial approach.

    Interested suppliers should email an expression of interest and their completed questionnaire to [email protected] by 12 noon on Friday, 20 November 2026. Clarification questions should be sent to the same contact by that deadline. Responses to material questions will be shared with all participating suppliers, with questions anonymised where appropriate.

    The engagement summary will be included in the tender documents, planned for publication on 25 November 2026.

  5. Contract startsin 49 days
    2 Jan 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    11 Nov 2026, 12:12 GMT
    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

THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-CHC: 293074 · GB-PPON: PZPM-9715-TPHG 3-4 CARLTON HOUSE TERRACE, LONDON, London, SW1Y 5DGContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure