Official UK procurement notice
Trading Standards System · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Cambridgeshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCambridgeshire County Council (The Council) has worked jointly with another local authority to deliver a Trading Standards service since 2017 and a decision has been made to take the service back in-house.
Therefore, the Council is looking to procure a commercially available, "off the shelf" Trading Standards system that that can be configured to meet the current operational requirements of the Council while also being capable of supporting future service needs.
This system will enable the Trading Standards team to effectively manage its statutory duties, improve service delivery, and adapt to evolving regulatory and technological environment.
- How the procedure runs: Bidders who pass the Conditions of Participation and achieve the minimum quality threshold of 60% of available Quality marks will be invited to demonstrate their proposed Trading Standards System solution, and proceed to price evaluation.
CPV: Software package and information systems · Software-related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£260,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality: 40%
- Supplier Demonstration: 10%
- Price: 50%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Supplier Demonstration
- Price
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Aug 2025, 11:01 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Aug 2026, 15:11 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 4 May 2026
- Authority reference
DN786063- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-011078- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0584f5Find a Tender
- How it runs
Bidders who pass the Conditions of Participation and achieve the minimum quality threshold of 60% of available Quality marks will be invited to demonstrate their proposed Trading Standards System solution, and proceed to price evaluation.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 11 Mar 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
11 Aug 2025 → 20 Aug 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published11 Aug 2025, 11:01 BST
- Market engagement12 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
The Soft Market Test is in two parts:
- The first asks potential suppliers to answer key questions about their products for us to test whether our stated requirements are achievable/reasonable. The deadline for submission is Friday 12th September 2025 at 17:00.
- The second part comprises a product demonstration via MS Teams, working through scenarios and the execution of tasks.
We are looking to complete the Soft Market Test process by 30 September 2025 (subject to supplier availability) and if possible (subject to change) with the procurement anticipated to commence during Autumn/Winter 2025.
The Market Engagement Documentation was published on the Council's e-tender (Proactis) system on 11th August 2025.
Interested parties are invited to download and engage with the Market Engagement by;
(a) Going to : procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities ↗
(b) Select Cambridgeshire County Council from the organisation list
(c) Searching for opportunity ref: DN786063
(d) Expressing an interest
(e) Accessing and downloading the Market Engagement documents from the website and responding in accordance with the contained instructions.
Alternatively, you can access the direct link to market engagement opportunity here:
procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗
The deadline for responses to be received is 17:00 on Friday 12th September 2025.
The Council may at its discretion ask further questions of Suppliers that provide a response to the questionnaire and reserve the right to hold presentations with those who respond to the initial engagement.
This process does not form part of the formal tender procedure to follow and no supplier shall be disadvantaged by either taking part or not taking part in this process.
- Tender notice published263 days ago6 Feb 2026, 15:31 GMT
- Clarification questions by230 days ago11 Mar 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Submission deadline221 days ago20 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by175 days ago4 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts148 days ago1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published68 days ago20 Aug 2026, 15:11 BST
Notice history
10 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Aug 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published11 Aug 2025, 11:01 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published6 Feb 2026, 15:31 GMTUK4
- Published value updated to £260,0006 Feb 2026, 15:31 GMTwas £275,000
- Status changed to active6 Feb 2026, 15:31 GMT
- Procurement method changed6 Feb 2026, 15:31 GMT
- Deadline published: 13 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT6 Feb 2026, 15:31 GMT
- Tender notice published3 Mar 2026, 12:32 GMTUK4
- Deadline moved to 20 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT3 Mar 2026, 12:32 GMT+7 days · was 13 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Procurement termination notice published20 Aug 2026, 15:11 BSTUK12
- Status changed to complete20 Aug 2026, 15:11 BST
Published amendments (1)
Extension to clarification question deadline. Extension to tender submission deadline.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-08: 1 release · 11 Aug 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published | — | 19 Aug 2026 | CancelledFollowing a review of the procurement and the Council's current requirements, the Council has taken the decision to discontinue the procurement process and no contract award will be made under this competition. This decision has not been taken lightly and is not a reflection of the quality of any tender submitted. We would like to thank all bidders for the time, effort and resources invested in participating in the procurement. The procurement was originally commenced on the basis of certain assumptions regarding the anticipated implementation timetable. In particular, it was expected that the successful solution would be implemented significantly in advance of Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). Subsequent review has shown that these implementation assumptions are no longer achievable. As a result, the procurement would now be delivering into a substantially different operating environment from that originally envisaged when the procurement was commenced. Whilst LGR itself is not the reason for the abandonment of the procurement, the revised implementation timescales mean that LGR has a material impact on the Council's future requirements and the overall business case for proceeding with the procurement in its current form. Having carefully considered these changed circumstances, the Council has concluded that it is in the public interest to discontinue the current procurement process and reassess its future requirements. |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender