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title: "Preliminary Market Engagement - Digital Pocket Money Solution (Children's Homes)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06dcf6"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "WARWICKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL"
published: "2026-08-05"
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# Preliminary Market Engagement - Digital Pocket Money Solution (Children's Homes)

Buyer: WARWICKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06dcf6

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## Summary

Warwickshire County Council is currently in the planning stage of a public procurement process for a digital pocket money solution targeting children's homes. This initiative, titled "Preliminary Market Engagement - Digital Pocket Money Solution (Children's Homes)," focuses on improving the current cash-based system. The initiative falls under the services industry category, specifically targeting software packages, information systems, and financial services, and is set in the United Kingdom's region UKG. The process is currently in the preliminary market engagement stage, with a market testing questionnaire due by 28th August 2026. The Council seeks innovative digital solutions such as prepaid cards or app-based platforms to address financial governance, auditability, safeguarding, and administrative efficiency concerns.

This tender presents a valuable opportunity for businesses offering services in digital financial solutions, particularly those with expertise in secure, user-friendly platforms suitable for regulated care environments. Companies specialising in software development or financial services with scalable solutions that ensure financial control and transparency would be well-positioned to compete. Businesses can leverage this opportunity to contribute to a significant local authority digitalisation agenda and play a role in enhancing operational efficiency within children’s services, thereby offering improved outcomes for local youth. The initiative not only aims to streamline current operations but also opens avenues for future procurement based on the solutions identified during this engagement phase.

## Notice

Warwickshire County Council ("the Council") is undertaking Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) to explore the provision of a digital pocket money solution to support children and young people in its care, including those placed in residential children's homes. The Council currently operates a range of locally managed, predominantly cash-based processes to administer pocket money and personal funds. While these arrangements are functional, they present challenges in relation to financial control, auditability, safeguarding oversight, and administrative efficiency, as well as consistency of practice across different settings. As part of its wider finance transformation and digitalisation agenda, the Council is seeking to understand the market for secure, user-friendly solutions that can: * Improve financial governance and transparency, including full audit trails and reporting * Strengthen safeguarding arrangements, ensuring appropriate use of funds and oversight by carers and the corporate parent * Reduce manual administration and cash handling risks * Provide a simple, accessible user experience for children, young people, and staff * Enable scalable, standardised processes across multiple homes and cohorts The Council is particularly interested in solutions such as prepaid cards, digital wallets, or app-based platforms that are suitable for use in regulated care environments and can operate within a local authority control framework. This PME exercise is intended to: * Understand available solutions, delivery models, and levels of market maturity * Inform the Council's requirements, specification, and procurement strategy * Identify potential risks, implementation considerations, and dependencies * Assess supplier appetite and innovation opportunities This exercise does not represent a commitment to procure any solution at this stage. However, the information gathered will directly inform a future business case and any subsequent procurement activity, with a focus on achieving best value, compliance, and improved outcomes for children and young people.

### Planning Information

This is not a procurement/tender exercise at this point. 
The Council invites interested parties to complete the Market Testing Questionnaire that is available via In-Tend Sell2 Warwickshire Portal
https://sell2.in-tend.co.uk/midlands/home
You should also submit any queries regarding this PME via the Correspondence function within the Warwickshire Portal.
Information gathered from the market test will enable the Council to identify the option that best meets the Council's strategic objectives and offers best value for money. The Council reserves the right to recall any provider to explore an option in more detail if required.
Please be aware that any resultant tender exercise will require the participant to register on the Central Digital Platform (CDP) and have uploaded information about their organisation.
Organisations that have not previously registered on the Sell2 site will be required to do so in order to access the Warwickshire portal.
If you are unable to register with the Sell2 portal please email the procurement team at procurement@warwickshire.gov.uk

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074419-2026 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 5 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 28 Aug 2026 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Feb 2027 - 31 Jan 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | WARWICKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | WARWICK |
| Post town | Coventry |
| Postcode | CV34 4SA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire |
| ITL 3 | TLG13 Warwickshire CC |
| Local authority | Warwick |
| Electoral ward | Warwick Saltisford |
| Westminster constituency | Warwick and Leamington |
| Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 66 - Financial and insurance services

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 66000000 - Financial and insurance services

## Release History

- 5 Aug 2026 at 18:00 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074419-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074419-2026
  5th August 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk
- https://sell2.in-tend.co.uk/midlands/home
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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