{ "tag": [ "compiled" ], "id": "ocds-h6vhtk-079177-2026-10-27T15:11:19Z", "date": "2026-10-27T15:11:19Z", "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-079177", "initiationType": "tender", "planning": { "documents": [ { "id": "101655-2026", "documentType": "plannedProcurementNotice", "noticeType": "UK3", "description": "Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/101655-2026", "datePublished": "2026-10-27T15:11:19Z", "format": "text/html" } ] }, "parties": [ { "id": "GB-PPON-PJMQ-5831-RNZM", "name": "Newry Mourne & Down District Council", "identifier": { "scheme": "GB-PPON", "id": "PJMQ-5831-RNZM" }, "address": { "streetAddress": "Unit 19 Greenbank Industrial Estate", "locality": "Newry", "postalCode": "BT34 2QU", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom", "region": "UKN08" }, "contactPoint": { "email": "procurement@nmandd.org" }, "roles": [ "buyer" ], "details": { "url": "https://www.newrymournedown.org/", "classifications": [ { "scheme": "UK_CA_TYPE", "id": "publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment", "description": "Public authority - sub-central government" } ] } } ], "buyer": { "id": "GB-PPON-PJMQ-5831-RNZM", "name": "Newry Mourne & Down District Council" }, "tender": { "id": "Tender 65/2026", "legalBasis": { "id": "2023/54", "scheme": "UKPGA", "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents" }, "title": "BRCD Contracts for Innovation Challenge 1", "description": "The tender opportunity will be published on Simply Do platform under the challenge titled: Predicting Demand. Managing Tomorrows Visitors, Today \"How can local authorities anticipate and manage visitor demand and movement across key destinations, while understanding the factors driving these changes, so they can proactively mitigate potential impacts before they become a problem.\" This challenge is focused on transforming how local authorities manage visitor destinations. Using Castlewellan Forest Park as a real-world test environment, the initiative addresses the growing pressures that large rural tourism destinations face from fluctuating visitor demand, which impacts local roads, parking, waste services, biodiversity, and infrastructure. Historically, council management has relied on static measures and reactive interventions, such as annual visitor numbers or seasonal passes, which fail to provide real-time insights or predictive intelligence. The proposed project aims to transition local authority management from a fragmented, reactive approach to a connected, evidence-led, and predictive decision-making model.", "status": "planned", "items": [ { "id": "1", "additionalClassifications": [ { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "32400000", "description": "Networks" }, { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "35125100", "description": "Sensors" }, { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "48000000", "description": "Software package and information systems" }, { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "72000000", "description": "IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support" }, { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "73000000", "description": "Research and development services and related consultancy services" } ], "deliveryAddresses": [ { "region": "UKN06", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom" }, { "region": "UKN08", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom" }, { "region": "UKN09", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom" }, { "region": "UKN0D", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom" }, { "region": "UKN0E", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom" }, { "region": "UKN0F", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom" } ], "relatedLot": "1" } ], "procurementMethod": "open", "procurementMethodDetails": "Competitive flexible procedure", "procedure": { "features": "This procurement will follow a Competitive Flexible Procedure under the Procurement Act 2023 in multiple stages. The stages relating to the competition will be published and run by SIB via SIBs the Simply Do platform - see instructions under 'Submission' for registering on the Central Digital Platform and Simply Do platform prior to release of the tender. The tender process will be open to all suppliers and all tender documentation will be provided on the Simply Do Platform. The key stages will consist of: Stage 1: Invitation to Tender Stage 2: Development Phase Stage 3: Build Phase Optional stages & rights - Newry Mourne and Down District Council reserves the right to add an optional dialogue or negotiation stage within, or at the end of stage 3. Any use of a dialogue or negotiation stage will be followed by an additional final tender submission. If used, this stage will be described in the letter issued at the completion of Stage 3. The Council reserves the right under the Procurement Act 2023 to: - Cancel the procurement procedure at any stage. - Not to award a contract as a result of the procurement process. - Make any modifications during a competitive flexible procedure, provided that the deadline to participate or submit a first or only tender has not passed (section 31(1)(b)) - Make non substantial modifications, during a competitive flexible procedure, up to the deadline of the final tendering stage (section 31(2)(a)) - Refine or supplement the award criteria during a competitive flexible procedure (section 24(1)) - Re-run or re-start any stage of the competition at any time. - Directly award a contract at any stage during the competition if only a single supplier enters or meets the requirements. Engagement Process Description: Subject to the necessary approvals, it is the intention of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council to host an information session on the anticipated Contracts for Innovation (CFI) NMDDC Challenge 1 following its release in November 2026. The session is provisionally scheduled to take place online via MS Teams on 18th November starting at 11am lasting approximately 45 minutes. To register your interest in attending search for \"Belfast Region City Deal - Contracts for Innovation\" - https://belfastregioncitydeal.co.uk/projects/contracts-for-innovation-solving-challenges-across-the-belfast-region" }, "mainProcurementCategory": "goods", "aboveThreshold": true, "coveredBy": [ "GPA" ], "techniques": { "hasFrameworkAgreement": true, "frameworkAgreement": { "type": "open", "buyerCategories": "Belfast City Council Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Ards and North Down Borough Council Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council Mid and East Antrim Borough Council" } }, "submissionMethodDetails": "Access to the opportunity is only provided through the Simply Do platform. To access the tender opportunity when released, Suppliers need to set up an account on Simply Do platform. To participate within the Competitive Flexible Procedure (CFP) suppliers will need to register and create an account on both platforms below: 1. Central Digital Platform - https://www.sign-in.service.gov.uk/register 2. Simply Do Platform - https://www.simplydo.co.uk/ For transparency purposes, two suppliers have been involved in the pre procurement process to support the development of the challenge: Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and Belfast City Council have engaged with PPL (UK) Ltd and the Strategic Investment Board to establish whether a solution currently exists in the market to inform the challenge brief outlined within the procurement description section of this notice.", "submissionTerms": { "languages": [ "en" ] }, "tenderPeriod": { "endDate": "2026-12-11T16:00:00Z" }, "awardPeriod": { "endDate": "2026-12-18T23:59:59Z" }, "lots": [ { "id": "1", "status": "planned", "contractPeriod": { "startDate": "2026-12-18T00:00:00Z", "endDate": "2030-12-17T23:59:59Z" }, "hasOptions": true, "options": { "description": "Further information will be provided within the UK4 Tender Notice and associated documents." } } ], "documents": [ { "id": "future", "documentType": "biddingDocuments", "accessDetails": "Documents will be available to access on the Simply Do Platform" } ], "communication": { "futureNoticeDate": "2026-11-09T23:59:59Z" } }, "language": "en" }