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Published 1 Aug 2025, 09:17 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Transformation Project · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Cherwell District Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£0pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 4 Sept 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 3 Nov 2027 · starts 3 Nov 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Cherwell District Council (CDC) is initiating a market engagement exercise to identify a transformation partner capable of supporting the delivery of its Transformation Programme - This will be conducted via RM6187 Lot 3 Mini Competition

CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services · Business and management consultancy services · Business development consultancy services · Business organisation services · Miscellaneous business and business-related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 2 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 3 Nov 2025 – 3 Nov 2027 (2 yrs)
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
79400000 Business and management consultancy and related services79410000 Business and management consultancy services79411100 Business development consultancy services79900000 Miscellaneous business and business-related services79996000 Business organisation services

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
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
1 Aug 2025, 09:17 BST
Last source update
4 Aug 2025, 11:44 BST
Authority reference
25PROC10972
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-045581
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Business and management consultancy and related servicesBusiness and management consultancy servicesBusiness development consultancy servicesBusiness organisation servicesMiscellaneous business and business-related services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056adf Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

1 Aug 2025 → 3 Nov 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    1 Aug 2025, 09:17 BST
  2. Latest notice published
    4 Aug 2025, 11:44 BST
  3. Market engagement
    13 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST

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  4. Tender notice expected
    4 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract starts358 days ago
    3 Nov 2025

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Aug 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    1 Aug 2025, 09:17 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    4 Aug 2025, 11:44 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

Following recent communications, I have spoken with colleagues who manage the EU Supply system. It appears that the market engagement invitation was inadvertently distributed more widely than intended. To clarify, this communication was only meant for suppliers currently on MCF3 Lot 3 of the CCS Framework. We sincerely apologise for any confusion caused. We will keep you informed of any future dev…

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

Cherwell District Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PVTW-9323-DRNP Bodicote House, White Post Road, Banbury, South East, OX15 4AAContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure