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CPU 4146 Regulatory Services Software

Nottingham City Council

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Planning

17 Sep 2026 at 12:05

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Nottingham City Council is exploring regulatory services software to support Environmental Health, Trading Standards, General Licensing, Housing Licensing, and Housing Health and Safety Rating System inspection and enforcement functions. The requirement is for a software package covering these compliance and regulatory activities, with the Council considering how the services should be structured into lots. Delivery would support the Council’s functions in Nottingham. The proposed procurement is identified as CPU 4146 Regulatory Services Software. The Council is seeking market understanding before developing its future specification, implementation approach, commercial model and procurement strategy. This is therefore relevant to software providers specialising in local-government regulatory case management, licensing, inspection, enforcement and compliance workflows.

This procurement is at the planning stage and is currently a preliminary market engagement exercise, not an invitation to tender, selection process or call for competition. Nottingham City Council expects a five-year contract from 1 April 2029 to 31 March 2034, subject to its future procurement strategy. The estimated value is £500,000 excluding VAT and £600,000 including VAT. One proposed lot is currently planned, with the Council considering whether the lotting structure reflects how suppliers deliver these services. Market engagement is scheduled to inform the procurement strategy, specification, implementation approach, commercial assumptions and procurement route. The Council expects market input by 2 October 2026 on lotting, implementation and commercial models, integration, data migration, and possible barriers to competition or innovation.

The future requirement should suit suppliers with established software for environmental health, trading standards, general licensing, housing licensing, and housing inspection and enforcement. Strong candidates are likely to offer configurable regulatory case-management workflows covering inspections, licensing, compliance activity, enforcement actions and supporting records. The Council is particularly interested in suppliers that can explain practical implementation and commercial models, integrate with existing systems, and migrate data reliably. Providers should be ready to show how their solution can support several related regulatory functions while preserving flexibility across the proposed service structure. Smaller businesses are expressly considered suitable for the planned lot. Suppliers can prepare by reviewing their integration, migration, implementation and innovation capabilities for a future competition.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

CPU 4146 Regulatory Services Software

Notice Description

Nottingham City Council is undertaking a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise to better understand the current market for software solutions supporting Environmental Health, Trading Standards, General Licensing, Housing Licensing and Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) inspection and enforcement functions. This questionnaire forms part of a soft market testing exercise only. It is NOT a procurement, invitation to tender, selection process or call for competition. Information provided will be used to inform the Council's future procurement strategy, lotting structure, specification development, implementation approach, commercial assumptions and procurement route.

Planning Information

The Council is particularly interested in understanding the depth and structure of the market across the proposed lots; whether the proposed lotting structure reflects how suppliers deliver these services; indicative implementation and commercial models; integration and data migration capability; and whether any proposed requirement could unnecessarily restrict competition or innovation.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-07743f
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088146-2026
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

CPV Codes

48170000 - Compliance software package

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£500,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 Sep 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Apr 2029 - 1 Apr 2034 Over 5 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
Nottingham City Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NOTTINGHAM
Postcode
NG2 3NG
Postcode Area
Nottingham
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLF East Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLF14 Nottingham
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Nottingham
Electoral Ward
Castle
Westminster Constituency
Nottingham East

Further Information

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