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Gloucestershire County Council

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20 Aug 2026 at 15:09

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Gloucestershire County Council is planning to procure financial consultancy services. The procurement is categorised as a service and is organised as a single lot. The council is the buying organisation and is based at Shire Hall, Westgate Street, Gloucester, Gloucestershire. The published description is a preliminary market engagement for a proposed financial consultancy requirement. The available scope identifies financial consultancy services as the subject of the procurement, without setting out a more detailed service breakdown or a stated project purpose. Suppliers whose work centres on advising public authorities on financial matters should therefore treat this as an early indication of a potential Gloucestershire County Council requirement. The procurement is subject to the light-touch regime.

This procurement is at the planning stage: the council has stated an intention to procure and has not issued an invitation to tender. It expects to use a light-touch procurement regime and has identified the requirement as below the relevant threshold. The single lot is currently planned to run from 1 September 2026 to 2 September 2026. Preliminary market engagement is scheduled for 27 August 2026, with the engagement milestone due by the end of that day. The process carries no stated contract value or budget. The record sets out the proposed requirement and market-engagement activity rather than a bid submission process, so the dates should be read as the council’s current indicative expectations, not as tender deadlines.

The requirement is identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and for voluntary, community and social enterprises. It may therefore suit smaller specialist financial consultancy practices, as well as larger consultancies able to provide relevant public-sector financial advice. The service category points to businesses whose core work is financial consultancy rather than the supply of goods or delivery of construction works. At this planning stage, suppliers can use the proposed market engagement to assess whether their financial advisory capability fits the council’s intended requirement and to prepare for a later procurement. The information currently supports relevance for established financial consultants, including eligible SMEs and VCSEs, but does not identify particular accreditations, staffing levels or previous experience requirements.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

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Notice Description

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Planning Information

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Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e8d1
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079544-2026
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

66 - Financial and insurance services

CPV Codes

66171000 - Financial consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Aug 20266 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
28 Aug 2026Today
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Sep 2026 - 3 Sep 2026 30 days
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
Gloucestershire County Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
GLOUCESTER
Postcode
GL1 2TG
Postcode Area
Gloucester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK73 Gloucestershire CC
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Gloucester
Electoral Ward
Westgate
Westminster Constituency
Gloucester

Further Information

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