Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 30 Sept 2025, 11:30 BST

Official UK procurement notice

PME - Social Care and Education Case Management System

Official notice

Authority: Leicester City Council (Local council)

GoodsAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£1pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 31 Oct 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term Ends 1 Nov 2025starts 1 Nov 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Leicester City Council (the Council) are commencing a formal Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise. The purpose of such engagement is to understand the level of market interest and to seek market intelligence on offerings in the market for commercial off the shelf solutions from organisations that may have an interest or expertise in this field. The Council is aiming to procure a solution which will deliver and future proof the current functionality and additionally provide flexibility to exploit the use of new technology where this provides benefit to the business, in relation to Social Care and Education Case Management System

As we are at the PME stage, this by is being advertised as an above threshold PME, however the results of the PME will determine the actual value.

CPV: Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Nov 2025 – 1 Nov 2025
Delivery: UKEligibility: 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
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
30 Sept 2025, 11:30 BST
Last source update
30 Sept 2025, 11:30 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-060802
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Software package and information systems
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a4be Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

30 Sept 2025 → 1 Nov 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published395 days ago
    30 Sept 2025, 11:30 BST
  2. Tender notice expected364 days ago
    31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
  3. Market engagement364 days ago
    31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT

    Please note this is a Preliminary Mart Engagement. It is not a formal invitation to tender. Supplier must complete a questionnaire and submit the responses by 09:00 hrs on 31st October 2025.

    To enhance our understanding of the solutions currently available in the market and in addition to the submitted questionnaire, we may invite suitable suppliers (maximum of 10) to deliver an overview presentation of their solution and its functionality.

    For more information regarding the process, you can access the PME document by following this link:

    procontract.due-north.com/Advert/ ↗

  4. Contract starts364 days ago
    1 Nov 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    30 Sept 2025, 11:30 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

Leicester City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PXRT-5737-VBQD City Hall, Leicester, East Midlands, LE1 1FZContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure