Notice Information
Notice Title
25030 E Procurement System
Notice Description
Cambridgeshire County Council is currently part of a joint contract with the City other Districts in the County for its e procurement system. The joint contract is currently held by Cambridge City Council and ends on 25th February 2026. On behalf of: * Cambridge City Council * East Cambridgeshire District Council * South Cambridgeshire District Council * Huntingdonshire District Council * Fenland District Council In addition, Peterborough City Council and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority will be named in the procurement. The Council (with its partners) is seeking to procure an e procurement system which is compliant with all requirements of the Procurement Act 2023, the Provider Selection Regime Regulations 2023 (PSR) and Public Procurement Regulations 2015 (PCR), enabling publication of relevant notices and end to end management of procurement projects.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: The contract will allow for additional modules to be added on a per Authority basis. These modules cover Contract Management, Supplier Relationship Management, Contract Register and E-Auction functionality. The contract also covers options for integration with ERP software and any additional training requirements during the contract period.
Renewal: There is the potential for contract extensions of up to 2 years (2 x 1 year extensions), depending on both the success in achieving the required outcomes and availability of further funding.
Planning Information
The Market Engagement Documentation was published on the Council's e-tender (Proactis) system on 26th March 2025. Interested parties are invited to download and engage with the Market Engagement by; (a) Going to : https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities (b) Select Cambridgeshire County Council from the organisation list (c) Searching for opportunity ref: DN769220 (d) Expressing an interest (e) Accessing and downloading the Market Engagement documents from the website and responding in accordance with the contained instructions. Alternatively, you can access the direct link to market engagement opportunity here: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=33c02c6c-300a-f011-8136-005056b64545 The market engagement response document is in the form of a Microsoft Forms questionnaire contained with the Market Engagement Document on the e-procurement portal Responses are to be submitted through the Microsoft Form using the link below. The deadline for responses to be received is 12:00 on Friday 25th April 2025 The Council may at its discretion ask further questions of Suppliers that provide a response to the questionnaire and reserve the right to hold presentations with those who respond to the initial engagement. This process does not form part of the formal tender procedure to follow and no supplier shall be disadvantaged by either taking part or not taking part in this process.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04f8ff
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074030-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
-
- CPV Codes
48490000 - Procurement software package
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £420,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £420,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- £240,000 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 14 Nov 20253 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 2 Oct 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 25 Apr 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 14 Nov 20253 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Dec 2025 - 30 Nov 2029 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- 2031-04-05
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Additional Buyers
CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH COMBINED AUTHORITY
EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@cambridge.gov.uk, procurement@cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk, procurement@eastcambs.gov.uk, procurement@fenland.gov.uk, procurement@huntingdonshire.gov.uk, procurementandcommercial@cambridgeshire.gov.uk, procurementcontracts@peterborough.gov.uk, sean.missin@scambs.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- ALCONBURY WEALD, HUNTINGDON
- Postcode
- PE28 4YE
- Post Town
- Peterborough
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLH11 Peterborough, TLH12 Cambridgeshire CC
-
- Local Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Electoral Ward
- Huntingdon North
- Westminster Constituency
- Huntingdon
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074030-2025
14th November 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/054357-2025
5th September 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/054323-2025
5th September 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011349-2025
26th March 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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