Notice Information
Notice Title
Delivery Partner for Selective Licensing Scheme in North East Lincolnshire
Notice Description
The Authority will deliver a Selective Licensing scheme with a Delivery Partner starting from April 2026 for a period of 5 years. The scheme covers a designated area of the East Marsh in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire. The Authority is now engaging a Delivery Partner to provide the additional capacity needed to deliver the scheme with enforcement still remaining within the remit of the Authority.
Planning Information
https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=101031&TID=100106276&B=
Procurement Information
This is a new and limited market and there absence of competition due to technical reasons. Due to this and the statutory legal requirement to have a service in place by 8th April 2026, the Authority initially tried to recruit and deliver the service in house however recruitment failed. The Authority then conducted a PME (see linked notice) and the only respondent was Home Safe and benchmarking research with other Authorities confirmed that there was only one provider available.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05fa36
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020384-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
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
-
- CPV Codes
48613000 - Electronic data management (EDM)
70210000 - Residential property renting or leasing services
70220000 - Non-residential property renting or leasing services
72314000 - Data collection and collation services
72322000 - Data management services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £555,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £561,850 £500K-£1M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 Mar 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Feb 2026Expired
- Award Date
- 20 Jan 20263 months ago
- Contract Period
- 7 Apr 2026 - 7 Apr 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE BOROUGH 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
- GRIMSBY
- Postcode
- DN31 1HU
- Post Town
- Doncaster
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE1 East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE13 North and North East Lincolnshire
- Delivery Location
- TLE13 North and North East Lincolnshire
-
- Local Authority
- North East Lincolnshire
- Electoral Ward
- West Marsh
- Westminster Constituency
- Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020384-2026
6th March 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005033-2026
20th January 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084840-2025
19th December 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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