Official UK procurement notice
Intelligent Automation (RPA) Capability Development and Automation Delivery Partner
Authority: Oldham Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOldham Council is seeking to appoint a specialist Intelligent Automation partner to establish a sustainable Robotic Process Automation capability while delivering a programme of automations across Council services. The Council's objective is not simply to buy development resource. The requirement is to build an internal automation capability that can be sustained beyond the initial contract period through knowledge transfer, governance, training, reusable assets and operational enablement.
CPV: Systems and technical consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£200,000
- Technical & professional ability
The appointed supplier will be expected to deliver a minimum of 15 production-ready automations and support the Council to establish the operating model, standards and internal skills needed to continue delivery after the contract ends.
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 (6)
- Technical solution: 25%
- Delivery methodology: 20%
- Relevant experience: 15%
- Capability building and training: 20%
- Commercial value: 10%
- Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (6)
- Technical solution
- Delivery methodology
- Relevant experience
- Social value
- Commercial value
- Capability building and training
- Technical & professional ability
The appointed supplier will be expected to deliver a minimum of 15 production-ready automations and support the Council to establish the operating model, standards and internal skills needed to continue delivery after the contract ends.
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 6 Aug 2026, 15:51 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Aug 2026, 15:51 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 22 Sept 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-074910- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06de38Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 31 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 21 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders to be submitted electronically via The Chest
Notification origin:-
Project ID: DN825199
Project title: Intelligent Automation (RPA) Capability Development and Automation Delivery Partner
Organisation: Oldham Council
Portal: The Chest
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Timeline
6 Aug 2026 → 1 Oct 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published82 days ago6 Aug 2026, 15:51 BST
- Clarification questions by67 days ago21 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline57 days ago31 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Award decision expected by35 days ago22 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts27 days ago1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published6 Aug 2026, 15:51 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender