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title: "Pre-Market Engagement - The Provision of Managed Service, Infrastructure and Hardware Refresh"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f22b"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "Chorley Council"
published: "2026-09-04"
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# Pre-Market Engagement - The Provision of Managed Service, Infrastructure and Hardware Refresh

Buyer: Chorley Council  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f22b

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## Summary

Chorley Council is preparing a procurement for managed service support, infrastructure services and hardware refresh. The requirement is classified as software-related services and is intended to support the council’s technology environment through ongoing managed provision, infrastructure activity and the renewal or replacement of hardware. The council is the public-sector buyer. The procurement is organised as a single planned lot and is intended to be suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises. The work relates to the council’s operations in the United Kingdom. Suppliers with a broad technology services offer, combining managed IT support with infrastructure capability and hardware lifecycle or refresh services, are likely to find the scope relevant. The council is using engagement with the market to understand available solutions and inform its eventual approach.

This procurement is at the pre-market engagement and planning stage, before an invitation to tender. Chorley Council is seeking market views on current solutions and prices for the planned managed service, infrastructure and hardware refresh requirement. Responses to the engagement are expected by 2 October 2026. The council currently expects the resulting contract to run from 1 February 2027 to 31 January 2034, a seven-year period. The planned procurement is above the relevant threshold and is structured as one lot. The engagement will help the council shape its procurement approach; the procedure and final commercial arrangements have not yet been settled. Businesses should treat the current dates as indicative planning expectations and the engagement as an opportunity to influence the future requirement, rather than as a tender invitation.

This planning exercise is most relevant to technology suppliers able to deliver a combined managed service, infrastructure support and hardware refresh solution for a public-sector customer. The scope is broad enough to suit businesses with capability across service management, infrastructure operations, software-related services, hardware supply, replacement planning and lifecycle support. SMEs are expressly considered suitable for the planned lot, so the requirement may be accessible to smaller providers with the necessary technical capacity, either independently or through a delivery partnership. The council is asking the market to explain current solutions and pricing, giving capable suppliers an opportunity to demonstrate how their service model could support the requirement and help shape the eventual procurement. Suppliers should prepare evidence of relevant managed-service and infrastructure experience before the contract reaches the market.

## Notice

This is a pre-market engagement exercise for an upcoming procurement, The Provision of Managed Service, Infrastructure and Hardware Refresh. The purpose of this exercise is to get a better understanding of current market solutions, prices etc. which will be used to help inform our approach going forward.

### Planning Information

To respond to this pre-market engagement, please use the following link to register your interest and access the project documents, as well as submit your response once completed.
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=b6c85acf-51a8-f111-813c-005056b64545&p=e0cc5631-4690-e511-80fb-000c29c9ba21

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083863-2026 |
| 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 |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 4 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Feb 2027 - 31 Jan 2034 |
| 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 | Chorley Council |
| Locality | CHORLEY |
| Postcode area | Preston |
| Postcode | PR7 1AL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD4 Lancashire |
| ITL 3 | TLD47 Chorley and West Lancashire |
| Local authority | Chorley |
| Electoral ward | Chorley North West |
| Westminster constituency | Chorley |
| Delivery location | TLD47 Chorley and West Lancashire |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 72260000 - Software-related services

## Release History

- 4 Sep 2026 at 12:18 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083863-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083863-2026
  4th September 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=b6c85acf-51a8-f111-813c-005056b64545&p=e0cc5631-4690-e511-80fb-000c29c9ba21
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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