Official UK procurement notice
TfGM Content Management System
Authority: Transport for Greater Manchester (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTfGM are testing the market for a new Content Management System contract to potentially take over from the current contract that they have in place for this service.
TfGM has a range of websites and mobile apps whose content is managed by a single CMS. The type of content ranges from rich content pages, mixing text, images, video and downloadable content, to micro-content such as the labels on form fields, and navigation menu links.
The main features of the CMS which we use are:
- Headless architecture: separating content from presentation, content is delivered via APIs and consumed by our front end websites and app.
- Content modelling: creating custom, composable and reusable content types.
- Media management: upload and manage image, video and documents.
- Content editing: user friendly interface for editing content.
- Content preview: see how content will look before it goes live.
- Versioning: track changes and enable content editors to revert to earlier versions of content.
- Environment management: test and production environments which can be connected to our test and production front end environments.
- Developer tools: to make integration and automation easy.
This is likely to be a 3+1+1 contract term so a max term of 5 years in the extension is taken up.
The current contract ends in March 2026 so any system that is implemented would need to be up and running before this date.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · 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
- 25 Sept 2025, 12:51 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Sept 2025, 12:51 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-059665- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a205Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
25 Sept 2025 → 5 Jan 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published25 Sept 2025, 12:51 BST
- Market engagement365 days ago31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
TfGM are seeking to understand what is currently available in the market in this area. TfGM are therefore inviting suitable suppliers to respond to an RfI (Request for Information) document that will TfGM decide their procurement strategy.
TfGM are seeking a fully functional solution and are not looking for a development partner.
TfGM do not guarantee that this exercise will result in a procurement exercise.
If your organisation can provide a solution that meets the requirements of this notice, please email procurement@tfgm.com with 'Content Management System RfI' in the subject field and the RfI document will then be shared with you.
Responses to the RfI will then need to be submitted no later than 3pm on 9th October 2025.
- Tender notice expected334 days ago1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts300 days ago5 Jan 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published25 Sept 2025, 12:51 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