Official UK procurement notice
Oracle Managed Support Services
Authority: West Sussex County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWest Sussex County Council is undertaking Preliminary Market Engagement to gather insights and inform its sourcing strategy for the future provision of a technical and functional managed support service for Oracle Cloud (ERP, HCM and EPM). The Council is currently in the implementation phase of Oracle Cloud with implementation services (technical and change management) being provided by Infosys Limited. For more information on the Implementing Oracle Programme, please refer to westsussex.moderngov.co.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx ↗ This notice is issued in accordance with sections 16 and 17 of the Procurement Act 2023 to seek market input before the commencement of a formal procurement process.
CPV: Data security software development services · IT software development services · Software consultancy services · Software support services · Software testing
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
- 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
- 17 Mar 2025, 17:39 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Mar 2025, 17:39 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-009765- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ee26Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
17 Mar 2025 → 20 Oct 2025 · 4 dates- Planning notice published17 Mar 2025, 17:39 GMT
- Market engagement30 May 2025, 23:59 BST
The Council would like to hear from suppliers with Oracle Cloud, SAAS, EPM, OCI, OIC and BI expertise in a Local Government setting and able to support a first generation Oracle Cloud support contract. This engagement aims to: -Assess market capability and interest. -Gather feedback on proposed service requirements. -Understand innovation and best practices. -Inform the final procurement approach Written Expressions of Interest can be emailed to james.skilling@westsussex.gov.uk (WSCC Implementing Oracle - Commercial Lead). Please include -'WSCC Oracle Managed Support Services' in the subject title. -Name of the organisation you represent -Contact details of the pre-sales lead -Current and recent managed support contracts the organisation is delivering or has delivered. The Council expects to organise and hold a series of meetings with interested suppliers with relevant experience during the preliminary market engagement window. Registration on the Central Digital Platform is not required at this stage for market engagement; however, it will be necessary afterwards to be able to review a tender or submit a bid if the procurement falls under PA23. The Council's e-sourcing portal is Atamis. Suppliers can register following this link: atamis-7669.my.site.com/ProSpend__CustomComm… ↗
- Tender notice expected17 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
- Contract starts372 days ago20 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Mar 2025, 17:39 GMTUK2
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