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Innovation Accelerator for Social Care business challenges

Oxfordshire County Council · Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 03:43.

Opportunity overview

Innovate Oxfordshire (part of Oxfordshire County Council) is proud to announce the initiation of a competitive flexible procedure (CFP) tender process, in alignment with our Local Government Accelerator - the first of its kind in the UK, with it's first Call to Action focused specifically on Adult Social Care. The Accelerator is designed to fast-track innovation within local government by supporting the development, testing, and scaling of transformative solutions that meet real-world challenges. By fostering collaboration between Local Authorities, Innovators, and Sector Experts, the Accelerator plays a critical role in improving outcomes for residents, reducing system pressures, and enabling smarter, more sustainable service delivery. The CFP has three stages as shown below and suppliers will be selected/deselected at each stage by reference to the evaluation criteria defined in the ITT. Stage 1 - Participation stage Stage 2 - Presentation and demonstration stage Stage 3 - Proof of Concept (POC) trial Tenderers that are short-listed to participate in the POC trial will be expected to operate their proposed solution, at their cost, for a period of 12 weeks. The Council is not obligated to Contract any solution proposed The Council tender documents will be published on its e-tendering portal called Proactis and hosted on the South East Business Portal found at https://sebp.due-north.com/

Classification

  • CPV72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Lots

  • Lot 1£1.5m

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
I-4258
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
How to submit
The Council uses an e-tendering system called Proactis which is hosted on the South East Business Portal. It can be accessed via the following link South East Business Portal. https://sebp.due-north.com/ All of the documentation and communications for this opportunity will be/has been issued via this e-tendering Portal located under reference DN775676. Please use the messaging functionality within the Portal to raise any clarification question(s) regarding this ITT To use the portal Tenderers must be registered on the Portal. If not registered this is a simple process that can be undertaken from the landing page of the above site
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure

Procedure

Features
There three stages of this procurement 1>An initial Participation stage 2>A Presentation and demonstration stage 3>A Proof of Concept trial. Tenders will be validated at each stage and selected/de-selected based on the published ITT evaluation criteria.

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
060332-2025
Description
Please note that the original expression of interest date has been amended to 24/10/25. Suppliers may now express interest and submit responses up to the deadline set on the Council's e-tendering portal

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Expected award period

Ends
18 May 2026, 23:59

Tender Period

Ends
24 Oct 2025, 12:00

Communication

Future Notice Date
29 Sept 2025, 23:59

Enquiry period

Ends
16 Oct 2025, 18:00

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Languages

en

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes

Value

Amount
1,500,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
1,800,000

Renewal

Description
Optional extensions of 3years in aggregate

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Award criteria

Weighting Description
Pass/Fail Criteria Scored Criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Quality - Pass Fail
Type
quality
Description
Pass/Fail - participation criteria Applicable to all Tenderers responses to Part 1 and also subsequent stages if they are selected
Criterion 2
Name
Price
Type
price
Description
Indicative pricing This criteria will only be used for Tenderers selected to participate in Stage 2 of the CFP as defined in the ITT
Criterion 3
Name
Quality - Scored (Technical)
Type
quality
Description
Scored criteria for Technical This will be used at Stage 1 of the CFP as identified in the ITT
Criterion 4
Name
Quality - Proof of Concept (POC)
Type
quality
Description
Assessment of outcomes of POC trial and benefit generated This criteria will only be used for Tenderers selected to particpate in Stage 3 of the CFP as defined in the ITT
Criterion 5
Name
Quality - Presentation and demonstration
Type
quality
Description
This criteria will only be used for Tenderers selected to participate in Stage 2 of the CFP as defined in the ITT

Contract period

Ends
31 May 2029, 23:59
Starts
1 Jun 2026, 00:00
Max Extent Date
31 May 2032, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ14
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKJ14
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 3
Region
UKJ14
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
72000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Entry 2
Id
060333-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
28 Sept 2025, 12:06

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
029666-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK3
Description
Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
plannedProcurementNotice
Published
4 Jun 2025, 05:30
Entry 2
Id
043796-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
29 Jul 2025, 11:55
Entry 3
Id
060332-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
28 Sept 2025, 10:29

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
met
Date Met
8 Sept 2025, 00:00
Due
8 Sept 2025, 23:59
Description
The Council will publish all details pertaining to this opportunity through its e-tendering portal called Proactis which is hosted at the following address https://sebp.due-north.com/ The reference for this opportunity is DN775676. See Contact details for any enquiries related to this opportunity. The Council has held a supplier webinar on 16th July 2025 at which suppliers who had expressed an interest were invited. Two follow up sessions at which suppliers could ask questions were arranged on 17th and 18th of July. Further sessions are planned in August 2025. As previously indicated this will be a multi stage opportunity and suppliers initial submissions will be assessed against participating criteria issued with the ITT documentation. Suppliers that were successful as part of this qualifying stage will be asked to participate in presentations and demonstrations which will also be evaluated. A small cohort of suppliers who have successfully been evaluated at earlier stages will then be asked to trial the solution they have proposed in an operational environment. The Council may chose to limit the number of suppliers who are invited to trial. This will be dependant on the interest shown by suppliers to this initiative. A final selection of the suppliers solutions will then be undertaken and contracts awarded to a supplier or suppliers that have met the success criteria for the operational trials. Full details of each stage along with the evaluation criteria will be published to bidders that have been successful in each of the earlier stages.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PZNW-8281-MHNM
Name
Oxfordshire County Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKJ14
Country
GB
Locality
Oxford
Postal Code
OX1 1ND
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
County Hall, New Rd

Details

Classifications

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

Identifier

Id
PZNW-8281-MHNM
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Martin Hall
Telephone
+447889164706

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Oxford · UKJ14 · OX1 1ND · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKJ14 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-052bee-2025-09-28T12:06:58+01:00Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender ·