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National Non-Domestic Rates (NNDR) - Service

London Borough of Brent

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Planning

14 Sep 2026 at 09:32

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The London Borough of Brent plans to procure an integrated National Non-Domestic Rates (NNDR) service. The appointed supplier will deliver the Council’s business-rates service in accordance with statutory requirements, combining financial administration with associated business services. This is a specialist public-sector revenues and business-rates requirement rather than a general financial-services contract. The work will be delivered for Brent Council in Wembley, within the London Borough of Brent. The procurement is classified as a services contract, with related classification covering financial and insurance services and business services such as consulting and legal support. Suppliers whose systems, processes and staff can manage end-to-end NNDR operations for a local authority should regard this as relevant. The planned contract is presented as a single service requirement rather than separate lots.

This procurement is at the planning stage: Brent Council has stated its intention to appoint a supplier but has not yet invited tenders. The Council expects to hold an online market-engagement event on 9 October 2026, with expressions of interest for attendance due by 8 October 2026. The expected tender publication is October 2026, followed by anticipated contract award in May 2027. The estimated initial term is three years, with options to extend by two years and a further two years; the planned contract period runs from 1 May 2027 to 30 March 2030, with a maximum end date of 30 April 2034. The description estimates £1.5 million excluding VAT for three years and £3.45 million including extensions. The record also gives £345,000 excluding VAT and £4.14 million including VAT as tender values.

The work is likely to suit suppliers with established expertise in local-authority revenues, NNDR assessment and collection, statutory business-rates administration, and the systems needed to integrate these activities into a single managed service. Experience of delivering compliant services for councils, maintaining accurate ratepayer records, handling billing and related financial processes, and supporting statutory reporting would be directly relevant. Providers should be able to demonstrate dependable operational capacity over a long-running public service contract, with suitable governance, data management, customer-service and business-continuity arrangements. The buyer has indicated that the requirement is suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and for voluntary, community and social enterprises, so specialist firms and collaborative delivery teams may be able to prepare for the future competition. The immediate focus for interested suppliers is market engagement and preparation, not submitting a tender now.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

National Non-Domestic Rates (NNDR) - Service

Notice Description

Brent Council (the "Authority") is seeking to appoint a supplier to deliver an integrated National Non-Domestic Rates (NNDR) service in accordance with statutory requirements. Brent Council would like to invite suppliers to a Market Engagement event to be held on 9 October 2026. This will be an online event and instructions for attending the event will be available once suppliers have logged into London Tenders Portal (https://www.londontenders.org/) The estimated term of the contract is 3 years with the option to extend for 2 years plus 2 years, The estimated contract value excluding VAT for 3 years is PS1.5m and PS3.45m with the extensions. Anticipated dates: Tender publication - October 2026 Contract Award - May 2027 Contract End - April 2034 .

Planning Information

An online market engagement event will be held on Microsoft Teams scheduled for Friday 9th October 2026 between 11pm - 12pm. If your organisation is interested in attending the event, please express an interest in the opportunity on the London Tenders Portal. You will then receive a message from the Council with further details on how to register for the event. Link to the Market Engagement Opportunity: https://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/View?advertId=7ffab9df-e3ad-f111-813c-005056b64545&fromAdvertEvent=True

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f8c0
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086700-2026
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

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

CPV Codes

66000000 - Financial and insurance services

79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£345,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
14 Sep 20262 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
12 Oct 20264 weeks to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 May 2027 - 30 Mar 2030 2-3 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
London Borough of Brent
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
WEMBLEY
Postcode
HA9 0FJ
Postcode Area
Harrow
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI7 Outer London - West and North West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI72 Brent
Delivery Location
TLI72 Brent
Local Authority
Brent
Electoral Ward
Wembley Park
Westminster Constituency
Brent West

Further Information

Notice Documents

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