Official UK procurement notice
Registrars IT System · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Manchester City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionManchester City Council is conducting a preliminary market testing for a Registrars IT solution.
The system must be robust, stable and provide fully accurate stock management. The complete stock management accuracy is non-negotiable due to legal requirements for the handing of registration certificates.
The system will be used to enable citizens to make booking and purchase services provided by the Registrations service.
CPV: Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
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
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 1 Aug 2025, 11:51 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Aug 2025, 11:51 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-045154- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056b2cFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
1 Aug 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published1 Aug 2025, 11:51 BST
- Market engagement22 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
The Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest. Applicants will need to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk ↗ . Once registered, applicants will be emailed a log-in and password which will allow them to gain access to the documentation relating to this Preliminary Market Engagement.
Manchester City Council is conducting a preliminary market engagement exercise to assess the capability of the Registrars IT System marketplace. The exercise will assist the Council gather insights in advance of a potential future procurement. Please note
this is not a call for competition and Manchester City Council reserves the right not to proceed to procurement.
We would like to invite you to attend a session in September where you can demonstrate your Registrars IT System solution. Please let us know of your intention to be included in the demonstrations by completing and submitting the 'Preliminary
Market Engagement Questionnaire - Registrars IT System' doc via the E-Procurement platform, CHEST.
A briefing note outlining the demonstrations (and dates planned to undertake these) is provided via the link below. Companies that have registered will also be required to submit a brief questionnaire, enabling the council to understand your capability in this space. This will be used for information purposes only.
Please indicate your interest in participating in the Preliminary Market Engagement Demonstration by submitting the Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire - Registrars IT System doc via the E-Procurement platform the Chest, by Friday 22/08/25.
The demonstrations will take place virtually on week commencing 08/09/25.
The link to the CHES T advert can be found here:
- Contract starts212 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published1 Aug 2025, 11:51 BSTUK2
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