Award

TC 806 Planning, Land Charges Address Management & Building Control

MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

24 Feb 2025 at 13:41

Award Notice
Award

24 Feb 2025 at 11:09

Award Notice
Tender

11 Apr 2024 at 10:44

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Manchester City Council has awarded a contract for the procurement of off-the-shelf Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions for Planning, Building Control, Land Charges, and Address Management. The contract, titled "TC 806 Planning, Land Charges Address Management & Building Control," falls under the software package and information systems industry category. The award was finalised on 13th February 2025 to Arcus Global Limited, with the contract period running from 1st October 2025 to 30th September 2030. The tender process was conducted using the open procedure method, with an initial tender period ending on 13th May 2024. The procurement aims to provide a scalable, modern, and mobile solution, catering explicitly to the regions across the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland and Scotland.

This tender represents an excellent opportunity for businesses involved in SaaS solutions, data management, and cloud security. The procurement encompasses two lots focused on providing secure, scalable, and user-friendly software solutions heavily utilised by local authorities. SMEs and VCSEs are particularly encouraged to participate, fostering significant opportunity for growth and innovation within these sectors. The awarded contracts ensure ongoing technical support, with potential high value and visibility through partnership with a major public sector body like Manchester City Council, thereby driving business growth and sectoral penetration.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

TC 806 Planning, Land Charges Address Management & Building Control

Notice Description

Manchester City Council (MCC) wish to procure off-the-shelf Software as a Service (SaaS) solution(s) for Planning, Building Control, Land Charges and Address Management to provide a modern, mobile, scalable solution which is configurable by the service and can grow and change dynamically as requirements change. The solutions required will meet the requirements of the two lots outlined below.\r \r LOT 1 - Manchester City Council (MCC) wish to procure an off-the-shelf Software as a Service (SaaS) solution (specifically a vendor-hosted software solution licensed on a subscription basis) for Planning, Building Control and Land Charges, that is accessible, cost effective, flexible, futureproof, simple, scalable and secure, with a clear Development and Upgrade path.\r \r LOT 2 - Manchester City Council (MCC) wish to procure an off-the-shelf Software as a Service (SaaS) solution (specifically a vendor-hosted software solution licensed on a subscription basis) for Address Management that is accessible, cost effective, flexible, futureproof, simple, scalable and secure, with a clear Development and Upgrade path.\r \r We are seeking to provide a modern, off-the-shelf product currently in use by another Local Authority to enable data to be managed to meet all statutory and legal requirements.\r Capabilities included are: \r * maintain data quality, structure and sensitivity, \r * provide a full range of APIs for standardised data integrations to other systems, run on supported technologies and compatible with all major modern browsers. \r * Cloud security aligned to NCSC principles, including secure data in transit and at rest and role-based access controls, SAML compatibility to enable single sign on using modern authentication via MCC's preferred authentication platform (currently Azure Active Directory). \r * Provision of logging and auditing capabilities for user activity and security events, usable, specifically being intuitive, with an accessible design, and quick to learn for users, reliable, specifically with high availability, recoverability and business continuity, flexible and scalable to handle variations in demand. \r * Supplier provision of full technology support and a service desk, plus service wrapper including assigned account manager and regular service reviews.\r \r \r

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-f57d976d-0485-4177-88cb-28f1f439602c
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d437c1cf-44f4-4dc8-8fbb-682ff3952b41
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

CPV Codes

48000000 - Software package and information systems

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£720,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£447,653 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
24 Feb 202512 months ago
Submission Deadline
13 May 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
13 Feb 20251 years ago
Contract Period
30 Sep 2025 - 30 Sep 2030 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
MANCHESTER
Postcode
M60 2LA
Post Town
Manchester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD3 Greater Manchester
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD33 Manchester
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England), TLL Wales, TLM Scotland, TLN Northern Ireland
Local Authority
Manchester
Electoral Ward
Piccadilly
Westminster Constituency
Manchester Central

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

ARCUS GLOBAL

Further Information

Notice Documents

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