Notice Information
Notice Title
eLearning Platform
Notice Description
Lincolnshire County Council (LCC, "the Council") is embarking on a significant and forward looking programme, exploring next generation online learning and staff development platforms. The Council sees this solution as playing a central role in modernising how training is delivered and managed across the organisation, strengthening our capability to support staff in their professional development while ensuring full compliance with statutory obligations and reporting requirements. This market engagement is intended to: - Bring awareness to the market of an upcoming opportunity. - Assist in refining requirements and ensure clarity of specification. - Assess availability of solutions and interest in the market. - Gain awareness of innovations in the market. - Understand any constraints. - Ensure suitability of procurement process and contractual terms. We are keen to collaborate with forward thinking suppliers who share our vision for a modern, flexible, scalable, and secure solution. We invite you to bring your insight, expertise, and creativity to help shape a platform that will not only elevate our internal learning and development offer but also enhance the experience of thousands of external users delivering vital services for the residents of Lincolnshire. Our high-level objectives are to: - Deliver savings through rationalisation of several incumbent learning related solutions, and the flexibility and scalability to encompass future known / unknown risks, such as further solution rationalisation opportunities that present themselves as the result of Local Government Reorganisation; - Provide a single, reliable centralised learning content repository with training records and compliance management; - A fit for purpose platform that supports the LCC People Strategy in developing the workforce with the right skills and knowledge for the future. - Foster better engagement with improved learner experience, to users both internal and external to LCC, including informal, self-directed learning pathways and provision of mobile-friendly interfaces, accessible across a range of devices; - Improved management capabilities and organisation compliance through progress tracking, dashboards, analytics and reporting; - Take advantage of a SaaS model, where the solution is continuously updated and maintained by the Supplier, ensuring scalability, security, and access to new functionality; - Reduce administrative effort via automation and integrations, such as HR systems, Fire and Rescue, identity management, SSO, email and other enterprise systems such as Microsoft Teams; - Maintain information security and data protection through appropriate data security, role-based access controls, and GDPR-compliant data handling; and - Procure an innovative solution through a Procurement Act 2023 compliant open procedure with clear, proportionate, outcome-based requirements.
Planning Information
Pre Market Engagement invitation and questionnaire documents are available via the Panacea e-tendering portal. Those wishing to reply to this questionnaire should complete the Pre-Market-Engagement-Questionnaire and respond via Panacea by 12:00 noon, Monday 8th June 2026. No other documentation is required to be completed or returned at this stage. The link to our public Tenders, Research and Contracts site is https://app.panacea-software.com/lcc/eRFX-Public/ResearchOpportunities.aspx
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-069658
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043301-2026
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
80 - Education and training services
-
- CPV Codes
48190000 - Educational software package
48931000 - Training software package
80420000 - E-learning services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £375,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 12 May 20262 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 8 Jun 20264 weeks to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Oct 2026 - 30 Sep 2029 3-4 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
- LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY 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
- LINCOLN
- Postcode
- LN1 1YL
- Post Town
- Lincoln
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLF East Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLF3 Lincolnshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLF30 Lincolnshire CC
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Lincoln
- Electoral Ward
- Carholme
- Westminster Constituency
- Lincoln
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043301-2026
12th May 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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