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Leicester City Council · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

The purpose of such engagement is to understand the level of market interest and to seek market intelligence on offerings in the market on both commercial off the shelf solutions as well as any innovatative proposals from organisations that may have an interest or expertise in this field The Council is aiming to procure a solution which will deliver and future proof the current functionality and additionally provide flexibility to exploit the use of new technology where this provides benefit to the business, in relation to Advanced Email Threat Protection Objectives of the Preliminary Market Engagement Exercise are to: - gain initial supplier awareness, engagement and opinion; - provide confidence around viability of concept; - gain insight to the market possibilities and potential innovative solutions; - understand risks and issues not previously considered; - inform the Outline Business Case; - inform the Procurement Strategy; and - prevent the Council from advertising an unachievable project at UK e-notification service www.find-tender.service.gov.uk stage.

Classification

  • CPV48730000 — Security software package

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
1010RCCS
Status
planning
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
goods

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning
Has Renewal
Yes

Contract period

Ends
31 Oct 2028, 23:59
Starts
1 Nov 2025, 00:00
Max Extent Date
31 Oct 2030, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKF21
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
48730000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Security software package

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
026787-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
23 May 2025, 15:41

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
18 Jun 2025, 00:59
Description
The Council are interested in understanding the market, and whether suppliers can supply all (our preferred option), or one of the components we are looking to replace. We are not averse to using different solutions for each of these channels. As a principle the Council is embracing digitalisation moving towards streamlining, automation and channel adoption, with customer self-service at every opportunity. The Council have formed several specific questions, and are seeking your views on how we can achieve best value in respect of these delivered as a commercially off the shelf solution (COTS) . The questions are located in the PME published document. In responding, you should understand that detailed and lengthy submissions are not necessary at this stage. Nonetheless, we welcome any pertinent information on your company’s capability and views on an approach to the provision of the required services.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PXRT-5737-VBQD
Name
Leicester City Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKF21
Country
GB
Locality
Leicester
Postal Code
LE1 1FZ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
City Hall, 115 Charles Street

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PXRT-5737-VBQD
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Mrs Rebecca Cowan
Telephone
+44 1164541272

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Leicester · UKF21 · LE1 1FZ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKF21 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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  1. ocds-h6vhtk-0523f9-2025-05-23T15:41:08+01:00Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·