✓Tender information last checkedLast checked 6 Oct 2026, 17:37.
Opportunity overview
Belfast Stories is seeking to procure an experienced supplier to design, build and support a digital platform known as the ‘Stories Engine’ that supports:
• Story collection and preservation
• Community participation
• Archive integration
• Search and discovery
• Information management including consent and participation considerations
• Governance on data management
• Public access points and satellite opportunities
Classification
CPV72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
CPV72210000 — Programming services of packaged software products
CPV72212222 — Web server software development services
CPV72262000 — Software development services
Lots
Lot 1Value not stated
Documents and notices
Planned procurement notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗
Published notice details
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1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
1 VERSION
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094404-2026Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender ·
PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
Early-stage planned procurement by Belfast City Council for a supplier to design, build and support the Belfast Stories “Stories Engine”, a digital platform for collecting and preserving stories, community participation, archive integration, search, information/consent management, data governance and public access points. This is not stated to be open for bidding yet.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for digital-platform, software-development, archive-integration and data-governance suppliers. Supplier eligibility, certifications, commercial terms and detailed scope are unknown at this planning stage.
Key points identified
Core service requirementDesign, build and support a digital platform known as the Stories Engine.Evidence: Description: “procure an experienced supplier to design, build and support a digital platform known as the ‘Stories Engine’”.
Platform capabilitiesSupport story collection and preservation, community participation, archive integration, search and discovery, information management, data governance, and public access points/satellite opportunities.Evidence: Description lists these supported functions.
Supplier experienceExperienced supplier required; specific experience thresholds or evidence are unknown.Evidence: Description: “seeking to procure an experienced supplier”.
94% approved-analysis confidence7 supplier criteria identified4 risks or unknowns
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Early-stage planned procurement by Belfast City Council for a supplier to design, build and support the Belfast Stories “Stories Engine”, a digital platform for collecting and preserving stories, community participation, archive integration, search, information/consent management, data governance and public access points. This is not stated to be open for bidding yet.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for digital-platform, software-development, archive-integration and data-governance suppliers. Supplier eligibility, certifications, commercial terms and detailed scope are unknown at this planning stage.
Key deliverables
Design, build and support the Stories Engine digital platform
Story collection and preservation capability
Community participation features
Archive integration
Search and discovery
Information management including consent and participation considerations
Data-management governance
Public access points and satellite opportunities
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
7 criteria identified
Core service requirement
99% confidence
Design, build and support a digital platform known as the Stories Engine.
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Description: “procure an experienced supplier to design, build and support a digital platform known as the ‘Stories Engine’”.
Platform capabilities
99% confidence
Support story collection and preservation, community participation, archive integration, search and discovery, information management, data governance, and public access points/satellite opportunities.
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Description lists these supported functions.
Supplier experience
93% confidence
Experienced supplier required; specific experience thresholds or evidence are unknown.
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Description: “seeking to procure an experienced supplier”.
Consent and participation
98% confidence
Information management must include consent and participation considerations.
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Description: “Information management including consent and participation considerations”.
Supplier eligibility criteria
98% confidence
Unknown.
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The planned procurement notice provides no stated exclusion, financial, technical or organisational eligibility criteria.
SME suitability
99% confidence
Unknown.
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Opportunity field suitable_for_sme is not stated.
VCSE suitability
99% confidence
Unknown.
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Opportunity field suitable_for_vcse is not stated.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Contract value
99% confidence
Unknown.
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No minimum or maximum value or currency is provided.
Contract term
99% confidence
Unknown.
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No contract start or end date is provided.
Pricing and payment terms
99% confidence
Unknown.
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Not stated in the planned procurement notice data.
Delivery
Delivery geography
92% confidence
United Kingdom; specific delivery arrangements are unknown.
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Delivery location is recorded as UK, United Kingdom.
Buyer location
99% confidence
Belfast, United Kingdom.
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Buyer location: Belfast, BT2 8DJ, United Kingdom.
Delivery timetable
99% confidence
Unknown.
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No contract start or end date is provided.
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Opportunity status
99% confidence
Upcoming early-stage/planned procurement; it should not be treated as currently open for bidding.
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Display status is “upcoming”; source status is “planned”; notice type is “Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender”.
submission_deadline: 2026-11-10T12:00:00+00:00; lot 1 has the same deadline.
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Early-stage scope risk
96% confidence
Detailed functional, technical, integration and support requirements are not yet stated.
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This is a planned procurement notice; the description gives high-level platform functions only.
Commercial uncertainty
99% confidence
Budget, contract duration, pricing model and payment terms are unknown.
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No value, currency, or contract start/end dates are provided.
Procurement-document risk
98% confidence
Submission instructions, evaluation methodology and supplier selection requirements are unknown.
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No tender documents or detailed requirements are supplied with this planned notice data.
Data protection and governance risk
94% confidence
The platform will involve consent, participation and data-management governance, but specific compliance, security and data-protection requirements are unknown.
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Description references “consent and participation considerations” and “Governance on data management” without further detail.
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