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Published 10 Apr 2026, 11:36 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Enterprise Architecture SaaS Tool Request for Information

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Home Office (Central government)

GoodsAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Sept 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 yrends 29 Sept 2027 · starts 30 Sept 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

*Update the notice to reflect the latest information. No further updates will be provided, as this notice relates solely to the RFI.*

This Market Engagement Exercise (MEE) is being undertaken to understand current market offerings and capabilities in the Enterprise Architecture (EA) tooling landscape, particularly in the context of a large, federated public‑sector environment.

Responses will be used to build an informed view of the art of the possible, including high‑level capabilities, deployment models, security and data‑handling approaches, integration patterns, and typical commercial constructs.

This MEE is for information‑gathering purposes only and does not constitute a procurement, competition, down‑selection, or commitment to procure, appoint, or enter into any contractual arrangement.

Participation will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any future procurement activity, should one take place.

Any future commercial or procurement activity would be subject to separate approval and conducted in accordance with applicable procurement regulations.

CPV: IT software package · Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 1 yrSME
Contract period: 30 Sept 2026 – 29 Sept 2027 (1 yr)
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
48000000 Software package and information systems48517000 IT software package

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

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

How Home Office buys Communication software package (CPV 4851), and who usually turns up

Home Office’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Communication software package (CPV 4851) →

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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 buyerHome Office · all categories
The marketCommunication software package (CPV 4851) · UK-wide
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 68 of 166 known-size awards · market: CPV 4851 · UK-wide, n=125
41%22%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 18 of 29 known-location awards · market: CPV 4851 · UK-wide, n=59
62%36%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 13 decided notices · market: CPV 4851 · UK-wide, n=6
116 days88 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 116 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 152 of 231 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 4851 · UK-wide, n=205
66%76%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i

How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer27 lots with bid counts · all categories
11% had one bid
The market8 lots with bid counts · CPV 4851 · UK-wide
25% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid11% / 25%
Buyer: 3 of 27 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 8 lots with published bid counts.
2–337% / 0%
Buyer: 10 of 27 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 8 lots with published bid counts.
4–641% / 25%
Buyer: 11 of 27 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 8 lots with published bid counts.
7+11% / 50%
Buyer: 3 of 27 lots with published bid counts. Market: 4 of 8 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer35 lots with estimate and award · all categories
46% below estimate
The market5 lots with estimate and award · CPV 4851 · UK-wide
80% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate46% / 80%
Buyer: 16 of 35 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 4 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%34% / 20%
Buyer: 12 of 35 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 1 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate20% / 0%
Buyer: 7 of 35 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 0 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
i

What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

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

Lot #1CPV 485112 monthsSME suitableEstimate not published
Expected competition
i

How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

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 377 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet16% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 377 similar lots
1 bid16%
59 of 377 similar past lots received 1 bid (16%).
2–331%
117 of 377 similar past lots received 2–3 (31%).
4–632%
119 of 377 similar past lots received 4–6 (32%).
7+22%
82 of 377 similar past lots received 7+ (22%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

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

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

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

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in 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
Goods
Notice status
Planned procurement
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
10 Apr 2026, 11:36 BST
Last source update
3 Aug 2026, 11:06 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-073068
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
IT software packageSoftware package and information systems
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067fd1 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

10 Apr 2026 → 30 Sept 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published199 days ago
    10 Apr 2026, 11:36 BST
  2. Market engagement189 days ago · met
    20 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST

    This is a Request for Information (RFI) written exercise issued via Jaggaer. Suppliers who express an interest will be invited to participate through the Home Office Jaggaer portal.

    To confirm registration requirements or to express an interest in the RFI, please contact the Commercial Software Category Team at: CommercialSoftwareCategory@homeoffice.gov.uk

    For guidance on how to register on Jaggaer, suppliers may also submit a support request directly to Jaggaer Support via:

    jaggaer.my.site.com/SupplierSupportReque… ↗

    If you experience any issues during the registration or submission process, please contact the Commercial Software Category Team using the email address above.

    The deadline for registering on Jaggaer is 12:00 PM on 14 April, and the deadline for submitting RFI responses is COP on 20 April.

  3. Latest notice published84 days ago
    3 Aug 2026, 11:06 BST
  4. Tender notice expected55 days ago
    1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract starts27 days ago
    30 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

5 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Apr 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    10 Apr 2026, 11:36 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    10 Apr 2026, 11:40 BST
    UK2
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    10 Apr 2026, 11:42 BST
    UK2
  4. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    28 Jul 2026, 09:46 BST
    UK2
  5. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    3 Aug 2026, 11:06 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (2)

Change the notice to reflect updated information. No further updates will be provided, as this notice relates to the RFI

Update the notice to reflect the latest information. No further updates will be provided, as this notice relates solely to the RFI.

Routine re-releases (5)
  • 2026-04: 2 releases · 10 Apr 2026, 10 Apr 2026

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

Home Office

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PWGC-6513-PQLZ 2 Marsham Street, London, London, SW1P 4DFContact email

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure