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Opportunity overview
North East Lincolnshire Council (The Authority) is undertaking this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) to test the market's ability to deliver a single, integrated corporate enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform and to inform the options appraisal, procurement strategy and business case.
PME allows local authorities and other contracting authorities in the public sector to engage with a market. PME is designed to encourage the commercial and voluntary sectors to engage with the development process before a procurement is released.
This is the market’s opportunity to express its views, outline market developments and generally influence how solutions to the Authority’s needs might be met. There is nothing for the Authority to evaluate or select in this activity.
PME is not a call for competition. Following PME, the Authority may conclude that procurement is not the best solution to meet a particular strategy outcome. The Authority may conclude that it would be better to do something entirely different to the intent within this PME. It is essential that any organisation participating in the PME understands that a procurement opportunity is not guaranteed.
It is therefore essential that organisations understand that this activity is not part of a procurement exercise and involvement in the PME does not affect an organisation’s positioning either positively or negatively should a procurement opportunity arise subsequently.
The Authority may release a PME to:
• Share information to inform the market of an impending procurement, such that they might make preparations for the tender when it is released; and
• Gather information to develop the Authority’s strategy.
We therefore recommend that if there is no intent to engage in the PME, it is better to sustain interest in activity on YORtender to ensure that any interested party remains informed.
Classification
CPV48000000 — Software package and information systems
CPV72263000 — Software implementation services
Lots
Lot 1Value not stated
Documents and notices
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.
The Authority is inviting organisations to obtain and review preliminary market engagement documents, and submit completed questionnaires using the the Authority's procurement portal.
All documentation and information can be found at: https://yortender.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=YORTENDER
All requests for clarification should be submitted via the above portal only and all answers will be published on the portal only.
Completed questionnaires should be submitted to the Authority using the above procurement portal only.
Due
9 Nov 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled
Documents
Entry 1
Id
098431-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
1 VERSION
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098431-2026Preliminary 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 preliminary market engagement, not an open competition. North East Lincolnshire Council is seeking market views on the potential for a single integrated corporate ERP platform to inform its options appraisal, procurement strategy and business case. A future procurement is not guaranteed.
Who this may suit
Potentially relevant to organisations with corporate ERP platform and implementation-services experience. Participation requirements, final scope, procurement route and commercial terms are unknown.
Key points identified
Potential solution scopeSingle, integrated corporate enterprise resource planning (ERP) platformEvidence: "test the market's ability to deliver a single, integrated corporate enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform"
Market-engagement inputViews and market developments to inform how the Authority's needs might be metEvidence: "express its views, outline market developments and generally influence how solutions to the Authority’s needs might be met"
Participation eligibilityUnknownEvidence: No eligibility criteria are stated in the supplied notice.
94% approved-analysis confidence3 supplier criteria identified4 risks or unknowns
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Early-stage preliminary market engagement, not an open competition. North East Lincolnshire Council is seeking market views on the potential for a single integrated corporate ERP platform to inform its options appraisal, procurement strategy and business case. A future procurement is not guaranteed.
Who this may suit
Potentially relevant to organisations with corporate ERP platform and implementation-services experience. Participation requirements, final scope, procurement route and commercial terms are unknown.
Key deliverables
Market feedback on options for a single integrated corporate ERP platform
Information to inform the Authority's options appraisal, procurement strategy and business case
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
3 criteria identified
Potential solution scope
98% confidence
Single, integrated corporate enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform
View supporting evidence
"test the market's ability to deliver a single, integrated corporate enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform"
Market-engagement input
96% confidence
Views and market developments to inform how the Authority's needs might be met
View supporting evidence
"express its views, outline market developments and generally influence how solutions to the Authority’s needs might be met"
Participation eligibility
99% confidence
Unknown
View supporting evidence
No eligibility criteria are stated in the supplied notice.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Contract value
99% confidence
Unknown
View supporting evidence
No value is supplied.
Commercial terms
98% confidence
Unknown
View supporting evidence
The notice is preliminary market engagement and states that it is not a call for competition.
Delivery
Delivery location
98% confidence
Unknown
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The supplied location is labelled "Buyer location" (Grimsby), not a delivery location.
Contract dates
99% confidence
Unknown
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No contract start or end dates are supplied.
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Status
99% confidence
Upcoming preliminary market engagement; not an open competition
View supporting evidence
display_status is "upcoming"; "PME is not a call for competition."
Procurement route
98% confidence
Unknown
View supporting evidence
The engagement is intended to inform the "procurement strategy"; procurement_method is null.
Submission deadline
99% confidence
Unknown
View supporting evidence
submission_deadline is null.
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
No guaranteed procurement
99% confidence
The Authority may decide not to procure, or may pursue a different approach after market engagement.
View supporting evidence
"a procurement opportunity is not guaranteed" and "may conclude that procurement is not the best solution".
Early-stage scope uncertainty
98% confidence
The final scope and solution approach are not fixed; the engagement is intended to inform options appraisal, strategy and business case.
View supporting evidence
"to inform the options appraisal, procurement strategy and business case".
Participation is not a competitive tender
99% confidence
There is nothing to evaluate or select, and participation does not affect future positioning.
View supporting evidence
"There is nothing for the Authority to evaluate or select"; "PME is not a call for competition"; "involvement ... does not affect an organisation’s positioning".
Potentially incomplete lot structure
99% confidence
A planning lot with ID 1 is supplied but has no title or description; no lot-specific scope can be identified.
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Lot 1 has null title and description.
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