--- title: "Pre Market Engagement for an Integration Hub Solution" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-0dbaf466-5a55-4216-ab2a-9880977275dd" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-0dbaf466-5a55-4216-ab2a-9880977275dd" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0dbaf466-5a55-4216-ab2a-9880977275dd.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0dbaf466-5a55-4216-ab2a-9880977275dd.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL" published: "2023-04-25" --- # Pre Market Engagement for an Integration Hub Solution Buyer: LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-0dbaf466-5a55-4216-ab2a-9880977275dd [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-0dbaf466-5a55-4216-ab2a-9880977275dd) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0dbaf466-5a55-4216-ab2a-9880977275dd.json) ## Summary The Leicester City Council has initiated a planning stage procurement process titled "Pre Market Engagement for an Integration Hub Solution" within the software package and information systems industry category. The council aims to enhance its IT environment by implementing an Integration Hub platform to address various business challenges and improve services. The engagement end date for this tender is set for 19th May 2023. This tender provides an opportunity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and consultancy services specialised in software integration to collaborate with Leicester City Council. Businesses with expertise in system integration, software development, and information systems are well-suited to compete for this contract. The council seeks innovative solutions to streamline processes, enhance collaboration among staff, and improve customer services, offering a significant growth opportunity for technology-focused businesses. ## Notice Leicester city council has an evolving IT environment that includes over 200 line of business systems that often need to work together to automate processes and provide the service our citizens and users expect. We work with other organisations where we need to exchange information and data securely and automatically. Increasingly we are also combining data from sensors and smart devices with business data in order to increase business intelligence and use data to improve services and make better decisions. Some of these systems have modern message and REST APIs available, but most do not. The council would like to make better use of these systems to help staff collaborate and to improve customer services to make the council more efficient and user-friendly. To this end, we have a requirement for an Integration Hub platform to solve various business problems described in this document. It will be a fundamental building block of our new architecture along with appropriate standards and considerations for future implementations. We have formed several specific questions, set out in section 6 of this document, and are seeking your views on how we can achieve best value in respect of these. We would also welcome any other good practice points that you would recommend we consider, or any operational systems that you would recommend we view. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/48f8a6f9-0418-4b77-bdf5-aac3e54fed0e | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 25 Apr 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 19 May 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £100,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL | | Locality | LEICESTER | | Post town | Leicester | | Postcode | LE1 1FZ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | | ITL 3 | TLF21 Leicester | | Local authority | Leicester | | Electoral ward | Castle | | Westminster constituency | Leicester South | | Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 48 - Software package and information systems - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 48000000 - Software package and information systems - 72227000 - Software integration consultancy services ## Release History - 25 Apr 2023 at 09:08 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/48f8a6f9-0418-4b77-bdf5-aac3e54fed0e ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/48f8a6f9-0418-4b77-bdf5-aac3e54fed0e 25th April 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=00b5ab2e-48e3-ed11-8121-005056b64545 Advert ## Notice URLs - http://www.leicester.gov.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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