Official UK procurement notice
Patch Management for IT Systems (CWC25058MW)
Authority: Wolverhampton City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWolverhampton City Council (WCC) is conducting a Preliminary Market Engagement to establish the type of solution and functionality that is available for automated patch management and third party software updates for Client and Server devices.
Wolverhampton City Council currently use different products for patch management and vulnerability management. These are from Tenable, ManageEngine and Pulseway. We are seeking to review the market to ascertain what products are available that can possibly integrate with our existing Tenable.One vulnerability management solutions as well as providing a patch management solution across the estate for servers and client devices where possible. Products should ideally highlight what patches are required to be applied to address critical, high, and zero-day threats in a timely manner as well as allowing granularity to apply patches to individual systems as and when needed, in addition to easily managed routine patching cycles.
We are a primarily Microsoft for Client and Server devices with some Linux and Unix servers, as well as a few Mac clients.
Our client devices are all currently managed via Microsoft Intune and we have approx. 4500 laptops and desktops.
Our server estate is Hybrid split between on premise and Microsoft Azure. We have approx. 400 in total which is a mix of Virtual and Physical.
We have Cloud first strategy so any proposed solution should be Cloud based.
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 ends on Tuesday 22nd April 2025 at 12:00 pm (noon).
CPV: Information technology services · Software package and information systems
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
- 28 Mar 2025, 15:08 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Mar 2025, 15:08 GMT
- Authority reference
CWC25058MW- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-011827- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
28 Mar 2025 → 1 Jul 2025 · 3 dates- Planning notice published28 Mar 2025, 15:08 GMT
- Market engagement22 Apr 2025, 00:59 BST
Wolverhampton City Council (WCC) is conducting a Preliminary Market Engagement to establish the type of solution and functionality that is available for automated patch management and third party software updates for Client and Server devices.
Wolverhampton City Council currently use different products for patch management and vulnerability management. These are from Tenable, ManageEngine and Pulseway. We are seeking to review the market to ascertain what products are available that can possibly integrate with our existing Tenable.One vulnerability management solutions as well as providing a patch management solution across the estate for servers and client devices where possible. Products should ideally highlight what patches are required to be applied to address critical, high, and zero-day threats in a timely manner as well as allowing granularity to apply patches to individual systems as and when needed, in addition to easily managed routine patching cycles.
We are a primarily Microsoft for Client and Server devices with some Linux and Unix servers, as well as a few Mac clients.
Our client devices are all currently managed via Microsoft Intune and we have approx. 4500 laptops and desktops.
Our server estate is Hybrid split between on premise and Microsoft Azure. We have approx. 400 in total which is a mix of Virtual and Physical.
We have Cloud first strategy so any proposed solution should be Cloud based.
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 ends on Tuesday 22nd April 2025 at 12:00 pm (noon).
- Contract starts1 Jul 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published28 Mar 2025, 15:08 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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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