University of York - IAM - Technical Implementation Partner Services
University of York · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
✓Tender information last checkedLast checked 12 Oct 2026, 18:16.
Opportunity overview
The University of York is issuing this Pre-Market Engagement (PME) notice so we can engage with the "Certified Okta Consultant" market as defined in our Planned Procurement Notice (PPN) 2026/S 000-095516; and subsequently an Invitation to Tender (ITT).
This PME notice is published to trigger Expressions of Interest (EoI) and to allow for a Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA) to be issued. The prerequisites for receiving the NDA and having a successful EoI are stated in the related PPN.
If you consider yourself to be a "Certified Okta partner with at least "consultant level certification" or higher you are applicable for this PME and to be considered for participation in our subsequent Invitation to Tender (ITT) .
The University will therefore conduct a closed PME, in advance of tendering for a Technical Implementation Partner (TIP) to implement its new Identity and Access Management (IAM) platform, Okta.
Okta has already been determined through a separate procurement exercise. The proposed PME is therefore focused on the implementation of the platform, including the scope of implementation services including configuration and integration, delivery approach, resourcing, timescales and commercial model. The University is seeking to engage with organisations with the prescribed OKTA experience shown in the attachment to the PPN and accreditation for delivering enterprise IAM implementations, particularly within complex UK or EU higher education or similar public sector environments. You will be required to evidence this experience and accreditation as part of our PME and ITT which will rapidly follow this notice.
Classification
CPV72212730 — Security software development services
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗
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.
Please engage with us through the York In-tend e-tendering portal found at https://supplier.in-tend.co.uk/york/home
Look for reference UY PROC 1276
From here you can download the EoI form, upload your Okta certification and evidence of experience and provide the details necessary to issue the NDA.
The University will issue the NDA via DocuSign. Once you have met the Okta experience INITIAL assessment criteria (further details on that experience may be sought and used to limit participants later), and have signed the NDA, the University will then issue 1) its draft ITT documents for you to review and 2) a set of questions formed to clarify our requirements further.
The PME questions are about the scope of the contracted services, they are not selection or evaluation questions.
The University has held some time aside in case 1-2-1 meetings might help better explore the points you raise in your response. W/c 02 November 2026 has been set aside for that purpose.
Following PME the University will decide how it wants to adjust its ITT documents before issuing the ITT, hopefully before the Christmas break.
Due
30 Oct 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled
Documents
Entry 1
Id
096292-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Buyer location · York · UKE21 · YO10 5DD · United Kingdom
Delivery location · UKE21 · United Kingdom
Notice and amendment history
2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
2 VERSIONS
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095516-2026Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender ·
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096292-2026Preliminary market engagement 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 pre-market engagement (PME) for a future University of York tender for an Okta Identity and Access Management (IAM) technical implementation partner. The University is seeking expressions of interest from certified Okta partners and may issue an NDA to eligible organisations before a subsequent ITT.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for organisations that are certified Okta partners with consultant-level certification or higher and can evidence enterprise IAM implementation experience, especially in complex UK/EU higher-education or similar public-sector environments. This is not an open tender or invitation to submit a bid.
Key points identified
Okta partner status and certificationBe a certified Okta partner with consultant-level certification or higher.Evidence: “If you consider yourself to be a ‘Certified Okta partner with at least ‘consultant level certification’ or higher you are applicable for this PME”.
Enterprise IAM implementation experienceEvidence experience delivering enterprise IAM implementations.Evidence: The University seeks organisations with “accreditation for delivering enterprise IAM implementations” and states that experience and accreditation must be evidenced during the PME and ITT.
Relevant sector experienceExperience in complex UK or EU higher-education or similar public-sector environments is particularly sought.Evidence: The notice refers to enterprise IAM implementations “particularly within complex UK or EU higher education or similar public sector environments”.
90% approved-analysis confidence8 supplier criteria identified4 risks or unknowns
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Early-stage pre-market engagement (PME) for a future University of York tender for an Okta Identity and Access Management (IAM) technical implementation partner. The University is seeking expressions of interest from certified Okta partners and may issue an NDA to eligible organisations before a subsequent ITT.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for organisations that are certified Okta partners with consultant-level certification or higher and can evidence enterprise IAM implementation experience, especially in complex UK/EU higher-education or similar public-sector environments. This is not an open tender or invitation to submit a bid.
Key deliverables
Participate in closed pre-market engagement
Support discussion of Okta configuration and integration scope
Discuss delivery approach, resourcing, timescales and commercial model
Potential future implementation of the Okta IAM platform
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
8 criteria identified
Okta consultant-level certification (or higher)
94% confidence
Mandatory · 1
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“Certified Okta partner with at least ‘consultant level certification’ or higher” is stated as applicable for the PME and consideration for the subsequent ITT.
Okta partner status and certification
94% confidence
Be a certified Okta partner with consultant-level certification or higher.
View supporting evidence
“If you consider yourself to be a ‘Certified Okta partner with at least ‘consultant level certification’ or higher you are applicable for this PME”.
Enterprise IAM implementation experience
85% confidence
Evidence experience delivering enterprise IAM implementations.
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The University seeks organisations with “accreditation for delivering enterprise IAM implementations” and states that experience and accreditation must be evidenced during the PME and ITT.
Relevant sector experience
87% confidence
Experience in complex UK or EU higher-education or similar public-sector environments is particularly sought.
View supporting evidence
The notice refers to enterprise IAM implementations “particularly within complex UK or EU higher education or similar public sector environments”.
Evidence submission
90% confidence
Evidence of the prescribed Okta experience and accreditation will be required for the PME and subsequent ITT; detailed prerequisites are referenced in the related PPN but are not supplied here.
View supporting evidence
“You will be required to evidence this experience and accreditation as part of our PME and ITT”; “The prerequisites ... are stated in the related PPN.”
PME participation
88% confidence
Applicable to certified Okta partners holding consultant-level certification or higher, subject to the prerequisites in the related Planned Procurement Notice.
View supporting evidence
The notice links applicability to certified Okta partner status and consultant-level certification, while stating that prerequisites are in PPN 2026/S 000-095516.
NDA
91% confidence
An NDA may be issued following an expression of interest, subject to unspecified prerequisites.
View supporting evidence
“This PME notice is published to trigger Expressions of Interest (EoI) and to allow for a Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA) to be issued. The prerequisites for receiving the NDA ... are stated in the related PPN.”
Supplier size or social-value eligibility
98% confidence
Unknown.
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No SME, VCSE, turnover, insurance, geographic supplier-eligibility or other economic-selection criteria are supplied.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Contract value
99% confidence
Unknown.
View supporting evidence
No minimum value, maximum value or currency is provided.
Commercial model
93% confidence
To be explored during PME; final commercial terms are unknown.
View supporting evidence
The PME will cover “commercial model”.
Delivery
Service scope
94% confidence
Technical implementation partner services for an Okta IAM platform, including configuration and integration.
View supporting evidence
The proposed PME focuses on “implementation services including configuration and integration”.
Delivery location
79% confidence
York, United Kingdom / UKE21 region is indicated; the detailed delivery model is unknown.
View supporting evidence
The supplied delivery location is UKE21, United Kingdom; buyer location is York, YO10 5DD.
Implementation approach
94% confidence
Delivery approach, resourcing and timescales are to be discussed during the PME.
View supporting evidence
The notice identifies “delivery approach, resourcing, timescales” as PME topics.
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Opportunity status
99% confidence
Upcoming early-stage pre-market engagement; bidding is not stated to be open.
View supporting evidence
Display status is “upcoming”, source status is “planned”, stage is “planning”, and the notice is a “Preliminary market engagement notice”.
Engagement route
94% confidence
Closed PME, followed rapidly by a subsequent ITT; ITT dates and submission arrangements are unknown.
View supporting evidence
“The University will therefore conduct a closed PME, in advance of tendering”; the ITT “will rapidly follow this notice”. No deadline is supplied.
Procurement procedure metadata
99% confidence
Source metadata records both “selective” and “Competitive flexible procedure”; the relationship between these labels is not explained.
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Supplied process fields list procurement_method as “selective” and procurement_method_details as “Competitive flexible procedure”.
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Not an open tender
99% confidence
This is a planned, closed PME rather than an open ITT. Submission deadline, tender documents and bid instructions are unknown.
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The opportunity is marked upcoming/planned and describes a “closed PME” before a subsequent ITT; tender start and submission deadline are null.
Unpublished prerequisites
98% confidence
Detailed requirements for a successful EoI and receipt of an NDA are held in a related PPN that is not included in the supplied evidence.
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“The prerequisites for receiving the NDA and having a successful EoI are stated in the related PPN.”
Procedure metadata ambiguity
99% confidence
The supplied procedure metadata uses both “selective” and “Competitive flexible procedure” without explaining how they relate. The future tender route should be confirmed from the formal ITT or PPN.
View supporting evidence
procurement_method is “selective”; procurement_method_details is “Competitive flexible procedure”.
Scope and commercials still formative
96% confidence
Configuration, integration, resourcing, timescales and commercial model are PME discussion subjects, so final delivery scope and commercial terms are unknown.
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The notice says the PME focuses on implementation scope, delivery approach, resourcing, timescales and commercial model.
ProcuraAxis analysis supplements, but does not replace, the original notice and tender documents. Always verify eligibility, deadlines and commercial terms with the issuing authority.
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