Official UK procurement notice
Test · UK public procurement notice
Authority: West Lancashire Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: North West (UKD47)
Published estimate£150,000≈ £150k / year · £200,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 16 Oct 2025
Contract term 1 yrends 12 Aug 2027 · extension options published · starts 12 Aug 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTesting
- No preliminary market engagement: Test purposes
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£150,000
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
- Economic & financial standing
See tender pack
- Technical & professional ability
See tender pack
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Mandatory: 60%
- Mandatory1: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Mandatory: 60%
- Mandatory1: 40
Conditions of participation2
- Economic & financial standing
See tender pack
- Technical & professional ability
See tender pack
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 100 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 15 Aug 2025, 12:35 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Aug 2025, 12:35 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Oct 2025
- Authority reference
DNTEST- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-049115- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0588e1Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
None
Review and risk notes
- Risks
None
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Oct 2025, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 15 Oct 2025, 17:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
15 Aug 2025 → 12 Aug 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published15 Aug 2025, 12:35 BST
- Clarification questions by377 days ago15 Oct 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline376 days ago16 Oct 2025, 17:00 BST
- Award decision expected by362 days ago30 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts77 days ago12 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published15 Aug 2025, 12:35 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender