Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 20 Aug 2025, 08:58 BST

Official UK procurement notice

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Official notice

Authority: Oxfordshire County Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£30,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Feb 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 10 yrsends 31 Mar 2038 · starts 1 Apr 2028

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Tender of the Thames Valley Fire Command & Control Contract.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 10 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Apr 2028 – 31 Mar 2038 (10 yrs)
Delivery: South EastEligibility: SME eligible

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
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
20 Aug 2025, 08:58 BST
Last source update
20 Aug 2025, 09:05 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-050010
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
South East (UKJ1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058ae5 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

20 Aug 2025 → 1 Apr 2028 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    20 Aug 2025, 08:58 BST
  2. Market engagement
    28 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST

    Phase 1: Completion of market engagement survey

    Phase 2: Online and in person workshops, interviews and product demonstrations

    Search: DN787666 at procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities ↗

    or

    procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗

  3. Tender notice expected270 days ago
    1 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Today
    30 Oct 2026
  5. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2028, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Aug 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    20 Aug 2025, 08:58 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    20 Aug 2025, 09:05 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

Oxfordshire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PZNW-8281-MHNM County Hall, Oxford, South East, OX1 1NDContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure