Notice Information
Notice Title
Soft Market Testing Environmental Operations Service Business System
Notice Description
Worcester City Council (WCC) is undertaking a Soft Market Testing Exercise (SMTE) to confirm the ability of Supplier's software product(s) to meet the ICT systems functionality specification (Appendix 1) which describes the ICT functionality required to support the business needs of the WCC Environmental Operations Service. Should WCC choose to conduct a procurement exercise in future this contract will offer a unique opportunity for a commercial software provider/developer to work with WCC to supply and develop an ambitious single business system solution to provide back office business support and management information across all environmental operations. It is the ambition of WCC to support all (or as much as possible) of it's Environmental Operations Service with one business system provided by one supplier and testing the feasibility and indicative costs of this ambitious project is the objective of this SMTE. Additional information: The Council is using the e-procurement portal known as the Due North Pro-Contract portal https://procontract.due-north.com to conduct this Soft Market Testing Exercise. To gain access to the market testing documents, suppliers will need to register their company details at the above website. Once registered, suppliers will be emailed a log-in and password which will allow them to gain access to the procurement documents. Suppliers will need to search for the Soft Market Testing invitation under Worcester City Council and then electronically submit an expression of interest and follow the online instructions to view the documents.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-5d2fefeb-7810-4a80-8ff3-f294b3648b2f
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0e8b83ae-20bf-403f-b214-f86eea99c7c1
- 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
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
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- CPV Codes
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £184,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Dec 20196 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 17 Jan 2020Expired
- 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
- WORCESTER 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
- WORCESTER
- Postcode
- WR1 2EY
- Post Town
- Worcester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG12 Worcestershire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLG West Midlands (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Worcester
- Electoral Ward
- Cathedral
- Westminster Constituency
- Worcester
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0e8b83ae-20bf-403f-b214-f86eea99c7c1
10th December 2019 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6c2834e0-95b6-43d0-92b3-fdcbf917ce6f
12th November 2019 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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