--- title: "CPU 4146 Regulatory Services Software" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-07743f" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-07743f" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-07743f.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-07743f.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "Nottingham City Council" published: "2026-09-17" --- # CPU 4146 Regulatory Services Software Buyer: Nottingham City Council Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07743f [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-07743f) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-07743f.json) ## Summary 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. ## Notice 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. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088146-2026 | | 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 | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 17 Sep 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Apr 2029 - 1 Apr 2034 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £500,000 | | 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 | Nottingham City Council | | Locality | NOTTINGHAM | | Postcode area | Nottingham | | Postcode | NG2 3NG | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | | ITL 3 | TLF14 Nottingham | | Local authority | Nottingham | | Electoral ward | Castle | | Westminster constituency | Nottingham East | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 48 - Software package and information systems ### Codes - 48170000 - Compliance software package ## Release History - 17 Sep 2026 at 12:05 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088146-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088146-2026 17th September 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/ - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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