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Planning, Land Charges, and Building Control Database Software

Liverpool City Council

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28 Jan 2026 at 10:14

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Summary of the contracting process

Liverpool City Council has engaged in a procurement process to award a contract for the provision of a back-office database solution to support the Council's Planning, Building Control, and Land Charges functions. The title of the contract is "Planning, Land Charges, and Building Control Database Software". This procurement falls within the services category and is classified under fiscal services, with a focus on a specific geographical region, UKD72, in Liverpool. The procurement method used was a limited award procedure without prior publication, due to technical reasons and the lack of viable competitive alternatives. The award stage of this procurement was completed, and the contract was signed on 28th January 2026, with Idox Software Ltd as the supplier. The contract value is £248,492.71.

This contract represents an opportunity for businesses, particularly those specialising in providing software solutions for fiscal and treasury services, to demonstrate their capabilities in delivering essential database solutions that fulfil statutory duties. Although the tender has been awarded to a large, established supplier, such opportunities can encourage other businesses in the software and IT services sectors to consider aligning their offerings with public sector needs. Companies that can offer competitive solutions with robust project execution capabilities might explore similar future tenders where innovative database solutions are required to manage governmental functions.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Planning, Land Charges, and Building Control Database Software

Notice Description

Procurement of a back-office database solution to support the Council's Planning, Building Control, and Land Charges functions.

Lot Information

Lot 1

A back-office database solution to support the Council's Planning, Building Control, and Land Charges functions. The system is required for the Council to discharge its statutory duties, including processing planning applications, managing building regulations, and conducting local land charge searches

Options: 12 month extension period available

Procurement Information

Supply market engagement confirmed that whilst alternative solutions exist, the cost of change remains the decisive factor. It highlighted that moving away from the incumbent would necessitate a full-scale migration and implementational project with substantial costs and associated risks, which could not be justified against the benefits offered by competitor systems, which offer broadly similar core functionality.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-061082
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007438-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

66 - Financial and insurance services

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

66600000 - Treasury services

79220000 - Fiscal services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£248,492 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Jan 20267 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
28 Jan 20267 months ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Liverpool City Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LIVERPOOL
Postcode
L3 1DS
Postcode Area
Liverpool
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD7 Merseyside
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD72 Liverpool
Delivery Location
TLD72 Liverpool
Local Authority
Liverpool
Electoral Ward
Waterfront South
Westminster Constituency
Liverpool Riverside

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Idox Software Ltd

Further Information

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