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

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Opportunity overview

The Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest. Participants of the preliminary market engagement exercise will need to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk . Once registered, participants will be emailed a log-in and password which will allow them to gain access to the documentation relating to this exercise Manchester City Council intends to procure a cloud-based, corporate data archive repository into which data from a variety of legacy systems (and both structured and unstructured datasets) will be transferred, stored and managed in line with relevant retention policies. The Council intends to procure a) a data archive repository solution (including the setup, licensing, support and maintenance services) and b) a professional services partner to lead the migration of datasets to the solution. Suppliers can choose to engage with the Council in relation to either or both procurements. For descriptions of each procurement, and the requirements that relate to each procurement, please see 'Data Repository Brief' and 'Archive Data Repository Requirements - Market Testing.xlsx' worksheet. on the E-Procurement platform, Chest.

Classification

  • CPV48612000 — Database-management system
  • CPV72150000 — Computer audit consultancy and hardware consultancy services

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
ocds-h6vhtk-052c39
Status
planning
Main Procurement Category
services

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning

Contract period

Ends
29 Sept 2027, 23:59
Starts
30 Sept 2025, 00:00

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKD33
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
48612000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Database-management system
Entry 2
Id
72150000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Computer audit consultancy and hardware consultancy services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
029804-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
4 Jun 2025, 11:35

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
12 Jun 2025, 23:59
Description
The Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest. Participants will need to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk . Once registered, participants will be emailed a log-in and password which will allow them to gain access to the documentation relating to this market engagement exercise. As part of the preliminary market engagement, the Council wish for prospective suppliers to provide suitable demonstrations and presentations to provide further clarity on the available services. The Council will expect the supplier to present details of the services that can be provided and, in addition, system demonstrations for Procurement 1. In order to request to participate, Suppliers will need to electronically submit their completed Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire via the on-line portal by 11am on 12th June 2025 as referred to in the Preliminary Market Engagement documentation. The link to the CHES T advert can be found here: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=781b6369-2841-f011-8136-005056b64545&fromProjectDashboard=True

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PLNV-8798-LDMP
Name
Manchester City Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKD33
Country
GB
Locality
Manchester
Postal Code
M60 2LA
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Town Hall Extension

Details

Classifications

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

Identifier

Id
PLNV-8798-LDMP
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Manchester · UKD33 · M60 2LA · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKD33 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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  1. ocds-h6vhtk-052c39-2025-06-04T11:35:34+01:00Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·