Notice Information
Notice Title
Placement Portal Replacement - Soft Market Sounding Exercise
Notice Description
Birmingham City Council (BCC) is working with West Midlands Childrens Services (a collaborative of 14 Local Authorities and Children's Trusts) to undertake Soft Market testing for a web-based IT solution that enables brokerage of services and placements searches across a number of frameworks. The existing system is due to expire in 2021 and we are interested to learn about innovative ideas and solutions as an enhancement on the current system. This soft market sounding may be of interest to suppliers of relevant IT products and services. For those potential suppliers of IT products and services, this soft market sounding is an opportunity to: * Inform the council of relevant products and services in a way that can be easily used and implemented on a regional basis by Children's commissioners, placements teams and providers. * Use the feedback from the market to shape the procurement scope and approach. For Birmingham City Council, the purpose of this soft market sounding is to: * Give the market an understanding of the Region's needs for a web-based platform to undertake brokerage of services and placements searches, on the basis of enhancing our experience of the current system. * Share the region's current thinking on trade-offs between scope, capability, and affordability that need to be made before decisions on the next steps are made. * Find out current market interest in providing relevant products and services to the council and wider regional partners * Find out what solutions are available and whether they need developing or are ready to implement, and within what timeframe. * Find out delivery and market options, including potential cost and cost structures. * Find out the experience the market has in delivering similar services at similar-sized organisations. * Gain insight from the market when considering how best to deliver the service. Please read the document and if you feel that your organisation is able to contribute to this soft market sounding exercise please complete the requirements questionnaire, along with a solution overview and itemised price list and submit it via the In-Tend portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc by 5:00pm on the 15th January 2021. Registration on In-Tend is free. The system is secure and access to the clarifications will only be made available to those employees of the Council, and/or their authorised advisers in respect of this soft market sounding request. If you are unable to register with In-Tend please either email us at cps@birmingham.gov.uk or call 0121 464 8000. If you are interested in responding please click on the following link to access the Council's portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register your interest. We will send you a username and password so you can download the documentation. Please note that this is not a call for competition.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-3d76d6a0-44bd-4929-a44b-f851d53b78c6
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b5467cb9-4c85-403a-9c51-5a09f38696ff
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Not specified
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
-
- CPV Codes
48800000 - Information systems and servers
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 15 Dec 20205 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 15 Jan 2021Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BIRMINGHAM
- Postcode
- B4 7WB
- Post Town
- Birmingham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG3 West Midlands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG31 Birmingham
- Delivery Location
- TLG West Midlands (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Birmingham
- Electoral Ward
- Newtown
- Westminster Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b5467cb9-4c85-403a-9c51-5a09f38696ff
15th December 2020 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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