Notice Information
Notice Title
Private Sector Housing HMO Licensing Administration System
Notice Description
Portsmouth City Council (the 'Council'), is undertaking preliminary market engagement (PME) ahead of a formal procurement process scheduled to commence around June 2026 concerning the supply of HMO Licensing System to include a landlord's portal and offline application to support the HMO Additional and Mandatory licensing schemes. The council will have an estimated budget of PS60,000 per annum for the solution. The contract is likely to have a base term of 5 years with option to extend by a further 3 years in increments to be agreed between the parties. The Council is undertaking a PME exercise to gather insights from the market ahead of a future procurement process to award a contract for delivery of the above services. The procurement process.
Planning Information
The council has prepared a preliminary market engagement questionnaire for completion which will be used to understand: Market interest Budget Feasibility Technical requirements Integration considerations Data migration and security considerations The submission of the questionnaire, in part or in full, is purely optional and suppliers who do not submit will not be precluded from taking part in the procurement process. Subject to the responses, the council may wish to engage with suppliers further in an informal discussion, however this is purely a market consultation and will not form part of the selection process. The Council are requesting that the questionnaire be completed and returned by Friday 22nd August at 17:00. The questionnaire should be submitted via the Council's In-tend and against the projects PME stage. Any responses after this deadline may not be considered in the PME report.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0565d5
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/042938-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
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
- £480,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Jul 20257 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 22 Aug 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2027 - 31 Aug 2032 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Planning
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- PORTSMOUTH CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@portsmouthcc.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- PORTSMOUTH
- Postcode
- PO1 2AL
- Post Town
- Portsmouth
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ31 Portsmouth
- Delivery Location
- TLJ South East (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Portsmouth
- Electoral Ward
- Charles Dickens
- Westminster Constituency
- Portsmouth South
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/042938-2025
24th July 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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