Notice Information
Notice Title
Soft Market Testing for an Asset Management Solution
Notice Description
Dundee City Council (the Council) wishes to investigate options for a new asset management solution (including reactive, cyclical and planned maintenance), with lease management features, primarily to manage General Fund property and land within the city. The Council therefore wishes to engage with the solutions market at an early stage to identify potential organisations with the appropriate expertise to supply and implement proven COTS* solution(s) . Suppliers will have a track record of delivering these COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) products to local authorities in the UK, and specifically have the ability to meet the Scottish regulatory landscape. (eg Fire Risk Assessment legislation, non-domestic leasing statute for Scotland etc).
Lot Information
Lot 1
Dundee City Council (the Council) wishes to investigate options for a new asset management solution (including reactive, cyclical and planned maintenance), with lease management features, primarily to manage General Fund property and land within the city. The Council therefore wishes to engage with the solutions market at an early stage to identify potential organisations with the appropriate expertise to supply and implement proven COTS* solution(s) . Suppliers will have a track record of delivering these COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) products to local authorities in the UK, and specifically have the ability to meet the Scottish regulatory landscape. (eg Fire Risk Assessment legislation, non-domestic leasing statute for Scotland etc). Additional information: Please see the uploaded documents for additional information.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05d36a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068208-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- 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
70 - Real estate services
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
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- CPV Codes
48000000 - Software package and information systems
48100000 - Industry specific software package
48170000 - Compliance software package
48219300 - Administration software package
48331000 - Project management software package
48420000 - Facilities management software package and software package suite
48800000 - Information systems and servers
48810000 - Information systems
70332000 - Non-residential property services
72230000 - Custom software development services
72250000 - System and support services
72260000 - Software-related services
72261000 - Software support services
72263000 - Software implementation services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £300,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 2 Mar 20266 days to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- trina.forbes@dundeecity.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- DUNDEE
- Postcode
- DD1 1QE
- Post Town
- Dundee
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM0 Eastern Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM03 Angus and Dundee City
- Delivery Location
- TLM71 Angus and Dundee City
-
- Local Authority
- Dundee City
- Electoral Ward
- Maryfield
- Westminster Constituency
- Dundee Central
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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