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Functional Engagement Platform (FEP) – Alpha Phase and Implementation

Crown Commercial Service · Central government

In brief

Crown Commercial Service 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 £6,000,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 3 years, starting 1 December 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 16.5 bids per contract for this buyer (from 126 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

The Government Commercial Agency intends to merge two existing knowledge management platforms (Knowledge Hub and Grants Centre of Excellence) into a single, unified Functional Engagement Platform. Following a recently completed Discovery phase, we are initiating early market engagement to identify potential technology vendors and implementation partners to support the Alpha phase and subsequent platform rollout. A fully bespoke custom-build approach has been rejected due to market maturity. The Authority is seeking a robust target architecture that relies on a core knowledge management platform, complemented by necessary integrations to meet user needs.

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. Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 051536-2026
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 051537-2026

About the buyer

Crown Commercial ServiceLast 12 months

Procurements

63

Awards

33

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From notice 051536-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 1 June 2026, last updated 1 June 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.