Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 17 Oct 2025, 14:20 BST

Official UK procurement notice

E-commerce Site for Trading with External Bodies

Official notice

Authority: Wolverhampton City Council (Local council)

GoodsSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Jan 2029 · starts 1 Feb 2026
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) is to seek input from potential suppliers within the market, to establish the type of solution and functionality that is available for an E-commerce site for trading with external bodies. The PME will provide an opportunity for Wolverhampton City Council (WCC) to obtain an insight into how potential suppliers might approach the delivery of this service, the type of functionality available and gain an understanding into the likely level of interest from the market.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) is to seek input from potential suppliers within the market, to establish the type of solution and functionality that is available for an E-commerce site for trading with external bodies.

The PME will provide an opportunity for Wolverhampton City Council (WCC) to obtain an insight into how potential suppliers might approach the delivery of this service, the type of functionality available and gain an understanding into the likely level of interest from the market.

If you would like to participate in the Preliminary Market Engagement please complete and submit the questionnaire available on the Council's website Opportunities - www.wolverhamptontenders.com ↗.

The engagement period will end on Friday 7th November 2025 at midday (12:00noon)

CPV: Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 3 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Feb 2026 – 31 Jan 2029 (3 yrs)
Delivery: West MidlandsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
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
17 Oct 2025, 14:20 BST
Last source update
17 Oct 2025, 14:20 BST
Authority reference
CWC25137MW
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-066350
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Software package and information systems
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05cef0 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

17 Oct 2025 → 1 Feb 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published380 days ago
    17 Oct 2025, 14:20 BST
  2. Market engagement359 days ago
    7 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT

    The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) is to seek input from potential suppliers within the market, to establish the type of solution and functionality that is available for an E-commerce site for trading with external bodies.

    The PME will provide an opportunity for Wolverhampton City Council (WCC) to obtain an insight into how potential suppliers might approach the delivery of this service, the type of functionality available and gain an understanding into the likely level of interest from the market.

    If you would like to participate in the Preliminary Market Engagement please complete and submit the questionnaire available on the Council's website Opportunities - www.wolverhamptontenders.com ↗.

    The engagement period will end on Friday 7th November 2025 at midday (12:00noon)

  3. Contract starts274 days ago
    1 Feb 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    17 Oct 2025, 14:20 BST
    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

Wolverhampton City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PVBV-7568-LBLL Civic Centre, St Peter's Square, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV1 1SHContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure