---
title: "Gloucestershire Test - Please ignore"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e8d1"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "Gloucestershire County Council"
published: "2026-08-20"
---

# Gloucestershire Test - Please ignore

Buyer: Gloucestershire County Council  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e8d1

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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### Planning Information

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## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079544-2026 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 28 Aug 2026 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Sep 2026 - 3 Sep 2026 |
| 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 | Gloucestershire County Council |
| Locality | GLOUCESTER |
| Postcode area | Gloucester |
| Postcode | GL1 2TG |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK73 Gloucestershire CC |
| Local authority | Gloucester |
| Electoral ward | Westgate |
| Westminster constituency | Gloucester |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 66 - Financial and insurance services

### Codes

- 66171000 - Financial consultancy services

## Release History

- 20 Aug 2026 at 15:09 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079544-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079544-2026
  20th August 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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