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The Careers & Enterprise Company · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

The purpose of this preliminary market engagement notice is to inform the market of a forthcoming supplier engagement event regarding provision of IT Managed Services for The Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) including: - Service Desk and Support - End User Computing & Asset Management - Cloud Platforms and Collaboration - Identity, Security and Access Management - Infrastructure and Connectivity - Reporting and metrics CEC will be holding an online market engagement event via Zoom at 10am on Monday 8th June for interested parties. The event is anticipated to last for one hour. If you wish to attend the market engagement event please register your interest at the following link, and an invitation will be sent through: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Ed8khAeA0EaFnNBrMOknvAtnrfsCWidKkeFJxuwen8RUNDczWVdLOU1RWDQyM09SWEFWRFI3OFVSSC4u The purpose of this supplier engagement is to: - Share details with the market on CEC's requirements and proposed service specification - Test supplier appetite and delivery viability of the proposed service When registered via the link we will send through some further brief information regarding the opportunity including: - IT Managed Services Market Engagement Briefing - IT Managed Services: Appendix 1 Service Specification - IT Managed Services: Appendix 2 Monitoring Requirements Please note this is not a binding statement of intent or a call for competition. This notice does not signify the commencement of any competitive process and does not constitute any commitment by CEC to launch such a process. If CEC decide to commence any competitive process a separate notice will be published at the relevant time.

Classification

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

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-06a2cc
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Has Renewal
Yes
Status
planning

Contract period

Starts
1 Mar 2027, 00:00
Ends
28 Feb 2030, 23:59
Max Extent Date
29 Feb 2032, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

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

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
CEC will be running an online supplier engagement event via Zoom at 10am on Monday 8th June 2026. To register to attend please complete the following link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Ed8khAeA0EaFnNBrMOknvAtnrfsCWidKkeFJxuwen8RUNDczWVdLOU1RWDQyM09SWEFWRFI3OFVSSC4u
Due
8 Jun 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
048968-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
26 May 2026, 15:49
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
The Careers & Enterprise Company
Id
GB-PPON-PMZH-1399-HDYN

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PMZH-1399-HDYN

Address

Street Address
120 Aldersgate St
Locality
London
Postal Code
EC1A 4JQ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI43

Contact

Name
Emma Lucas

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

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

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI43 · EC1A 4JQ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 048481-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 048968-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·