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002282 - Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for Welfare Rights Case Management System

Durham County Council · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

Durham County Council (DCC) are looking to explore the market options for a cloud based Welfare Rights Case Management System. System go live is expected to commence 1st April 2027. Durham County Council deliver an in-house Welfare Rights service, providing benefit advice and support to the residents of County Durham. The service is accessed via professional in-house referrals for adults and children, carers, support to reduce homelessness, sensory support, supported housing, kinship carers, leaving care, transitions and suicide prevention. The service receives circa 3500 referrals per annum of which, crica 2000 are for those with a cancer diagnosis through our dedicated Macmillan service. The service offers, welfare benefits advice, support to apply for benefits, completion of mandatory reconsideration, submission of appeals, appeals to the Upper Tribunal and signposting to additional support services if appropriate. Welfare Rights require an end to end system for the management of individuals' cases with multiple referrals per client over a period over years eg. a client is re-referred or self refers following an initial piece of completed work.

Classification

  • CPV48100000 — Industry specific 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
OPEN2026604
Main Procurement Category
goods
Above Threshold
No
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
19 Jun 2026, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning

Contract period

Starts
1 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends
30 Sept 2031, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
48100000
Description
Industry specific software package

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKC14
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
Interested providers are invited to respond to a written questionnaire as part of preliminary market engagement. The documents can be accessed free of charge by registering on the Open Portal at www.open-uk.org and submissions must be made via the Open Portal. The deadline for responses is 22nd April 2026 at 12noon.
Due
22 Apr 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
029693-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
31 Mar 2026, 13:54
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Durham County Council
Id
GB-PPON-PMPB-8772-VYWM

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PMPB-8772-VYWM

Address

Street Address
Corten House, Dunholme Close
Locality
Durham
Postal Code
DH1 5WB
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKC14

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

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

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Durham · UKC14 · DH1 5WB · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKC14 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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