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title: "UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice Template"
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# UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice Template

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uk2-preliminary-market-engagement-notice-template-ocds-h6vhtk-058ea0). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ministry of Justice: "UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice Template". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £100,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Ministry of Justice](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-justice-gov-d18)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £100,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Archive services, Document management services, Document management system, Library, archives, museums and other cultural services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uk2-preliminary-market-engagement-notice-template-ocds-h6vhtk-058ea0#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-058ea0`

## 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/uk2-preliminary-market-engagement-notice-template-ocds-h6vhtk-058ea0#tl-md)

## Description
PQQ528 - His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is currently preparing a scope of requirements for the supply of a range of Probate Document Handling, Storage and Management Services.
The potential scale and scope of this supply offers a significant opportunity to the document storage and management services sector. Prior to initiating any procurement, HMCTS wishes to involve the document management market in discussing a number of topics including  criteria, key to the success of any future procurement.
Service Scope includes but is not limited to:-
Storage of document boxes in a secure, envirionmentally controlled facility.
Document retrieval from storage 
Document weeding
Managing Email and Telephone Enquiries
Warehouse Management Services 
Warehouse Management System
Secure data hosting and data management

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 48311100, 72512000, 92500000, 92512000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 30/06/2028 to 30/06/2040
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F058677-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-09-22T16:07:35.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T16:36:31.824Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-058ea0