Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 29 Sept 2025, 13:29 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Pre Market Engagement - School MIS Product Licences

Official notice

Authority: Nottinghamshire County Council (Local council)·On behalf of: Derbyshire County Council

ServicesBelow thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£0pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 moends 27 Oct 2025 · starts 30 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Derbyshire County, Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County Councils are seeking to canvass external suppliers of School MIS products to help us better understand what is available in the market:

  • Explore how the products could be supplied
  • Consider the likely costs; and,
  • Determine the most effective way of scoping its requirements, to improve efficiency and support the delivery of the framework.

Please note: we are seeking responses from suppliers with an accredited and approved support partner programme only.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 1 moSME
Contract period: 30 Sept 2025 – 27 Oct 2025 (1 mo)
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible

Procedure 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
Below threshold
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
29 Sept 2025, 13:29 BST
Last source update
29 Sept 2025, 13:29 BST
Authority reference
DN792346
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-060498
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportSoftware package and information systems
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a407 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

29 Sept 2025 → 27 Oct 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published397 days ago
    29 Sept 2025, 13:29 BST
  2. Contract starts397 days ago
    30 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
  3. Market engagement369 days ago
    27 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT

    Exercise is being carried out via www.eastmidstenders.org ↗

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    29 Sept 2025, 13:29 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

3 public bodies on the notice

Nottinghamshire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PBCV-5152-BXBP County Hall, Loughborough Road, Nottingham, East Midlands, NG2 7QPContact name, email, phone

Other public bodies

  • Derbyshire County CouncilProcuring entitySupporting role in Pre Market EngagementGB-PPON: PWZQ-2162-JJQL Matlock, East MidlandsContact email
  • Nottingham City CouncilProcuring entitySupporting role in Pre Market EngagementGB-PPON: PZGG-1891-TDCX Nottingham, East MidlandsContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure