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003476 - Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for the Pest Control Management System

Durham County Council · Local authority

In brief

Durham County Council has announced plans to buy IT and software work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

The estimated value is £80,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 4 years, starting 1 September 2026.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Usually high: a median of 13 bids per contract for this buyer (from 85 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

The Pest Control Team at Durham County Council delivers services to residents (approximately 13,000 visits per year) as well as businesses, third-sector organisations, and public bodies (450+ annual contracts plus ad hoc treatments each year). Such work includes: • Free surveys to quote for chargeable works • One-off, time limited, pre-paid treatment jobs. • One-off treatment and proofing jobs that are invoiced for after the work has been completed. • Annual contracts that include scheduled monitoring visits and callouts, which are invoiced for at the start of the contract. • Free public health investigations. The service currently uses a variety of paper-based and electronic systems, so it…Read the full description
The Pest Control Team at Durham County Council delivers services to residents (approximately 13,000 visits per year) as well as businesses, third-sector organisations, and public bodies (450+ annual contracts plus ad hoc treatments each year). Such work includes: • Free surveys to quote for chargeable works • One-off, time limited, pre-paid treatment jobs. • One-off treatment and proofing jobs that are invoiced for after the work has been completed. • Annual contracts that include scheduled monitoring visits and callouts, which are invoiced for at the start of the contract. • Free public health investigations. The service currently uses a variety of paper-based and electronic systems, so it is looking to procure a single, modern platform to manage its work. Such a system will need to be capable of managing both the office and field-based elements of the work whilst also integrating with relevant corporate systems (e.g. customer portal, finance, etc). The system will also need to ensure data protection, security, accessibility, and public sector compliance. This notice forms part of our preliminary market engagement, offering you the opportunity to share feedback and comments before the opportunity is released for formal tender submissions. Interested providers can access the written response questions, free of charge, by registering on the Open Portal at www.open-uk.org The deadline for completed responses is Friday 24th April 2026 at 12 noon.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 032305-2026

Last time this was bought

Electoral Management System (EMS)

Awarded
15 June 2026
Value
£638,000
Bids
1
Contract ends
31 May 2029

Matched on Durham County Council, the type of work and the title; it may be a related contract rather than the same one. Check the notice to be sure.

About the buyer

Durham County CouncilLast 12 months

Procurements

267

Awards

159

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From notice 032305-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 9 April 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.