Official UK procurement notice
Archive Data Repository · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Manchester City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest. Participants of the preliminary market engagement exercise will need to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk ↗ . Once registered, participants will be emailed a log-in and password which will allow them to gain access to the documentation relating to this exercise
Manchester City Council intends to procure a cloud-based, corporate data archive repository into which data from a variety of legacy systems (and both structured and unstructured datasets) will be transferred, stored and managed in line with relevant retention policies.
The Council intends to procure a) a data archive repository solution (including the setup, licensing, support and maintenance services) and b) a professional services partner to lead the migration of datasets to the solution.
Suppliers can choose to engage with the Council in relation to either or both procurements.
For descriptions of each procurement, and the requirements that relate to each procurement, please see 'Data Repository Brief' and 'Archive Data Repository Requirements - Market Testing.xlsx' worksheet. on the E-Procurement platform, Chest.
CPV: Computer audit consultancy and hardware consultancy services · Database-management system
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 4 Jun 2025, 11:35 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Jun 2025, 11:35 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-029804- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052c39Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
4 Jun 2025 → 30 Sept 2025 · 3 dates- Planning notice published4 Jun 2025, 11:35 BST
- Market engagement12 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
The Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest. Participants will need to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk ↗ . Once registered, participants will be emailed a log-in and password which will allow them to gain access to the documentation relating to this market engagement exercise.
As part of the preliminary market engagement, the Council wish for prospective suppliers to provide suitable demonstrations and presentations to provide further clarity on the available services. The Council will expect the supplier to present details of the services that can be provided and, in addition, system demonstrations for Procurement 1.
In order to request to participate, Suppliers will need to electronically submit their completed Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire via the on-line portal by 11am on 12th June 2025 as referred to in the Preliminary Market Engagement documentation.
The link to the CHES T advert can be found here: procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗
- Contract starts392 days ago30 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published4 Jun 2025, 11:35 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender