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The Careers & Enterprise Company · Local or regional public body

In brief

The Careers & Enterprise Company 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 £1,000,000 including VAT.

The contract runs for 3 years, up to 5 years with extensions, starting 1 March 2027.

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

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 5 bids per contract for IT and software contracts across the UK (from 1288 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

The purpose of this preliminary market engagement notice is to inform the market of a forthcoming supplier engagement event regarding provision of IT Managed Services for The Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) including: - Service Desk and Support - End User Computing & Asset Management - Cloud Platforms and Collaboration - Identity, Security and Access Management - Infrastructure and Connectivity - Reporting and metrics CEC will be holding an online market engagement event via Zoom at 10am on Monday 8th June for interested parties. The event is anticipated to last for one hour. If you wish to attend the market engagement event please register your interest at the following link, and an…Read the full description
The purpose of this preliminary market engagement notice is to inform the market of a forthcoming supplier engagement event regarding provision of IT Managed Services for The Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) including: - Service Desk and Support - End User Computing & Asset Management - Cloud Platforms and Collaboration - Identity, Security and Access Management - Infrastructure and Connectivity - Reporting and metrics CEC will be holding an online market engagement event via Zoom at 10am on Monday 8th June for interested parties. The event is anticipated to last for one hour. If you wish to attend the market engagement event please register your interest at the following link, and an invitation will be sent through: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Ed8khAeA0EaFnNBrMOknvAtnrfsCWidKkeFJxuwen8RUNDczWVdLOU1RWDQyM09SWEFWRFI3OFVSSC4u The purpose of this supplier engagement is to: - Share details with the market on CEC's requirements and proposed service specification - Test supplier appetite and delivery viability of the proposed service When registered via the link we will send through some further brief information regarding the opportunity including: - IT Managed Services Market Engagement Briefing - IT Managed Services: Appendix 1 Service Specification - IT Managed Services: Appendix 2 Monitoring Requirements Please note this is not a binding statement of intent or a call for competition. This notice does not signify the commencement of any competitive process and does not constitute any commitment by CEC to launch such a process. If CEC decide to commence any competitive process a separate notice will be published at the relevant time.

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 048481-2026
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 048968-2026

About the buyer

  1. CCM1379 - OHU Software

    The Police and Crime Commissioner for LincolnshireNorth East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South WestIT services and software, Social and domiciliary care

    Closing soon9 hours leftSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £82kestimated
  2. SONI087 IT Systems Implementation & Managed Services

    SONI LtdUK-wideIT services and software

    Closing soon9 hours leftExpress interestSuitable for SMEsFramework

    £18mframework ceiling
  3. Design Consultancy Framework

    Oxford Health NHS Foundation TrustSouth EastManagement consultancy, IT services and software

    Closing soon9 hours leftExpress interest11 lotsSuitable for SMEsFramework

    £4.5mframework ceiling
  4. School Attendance, collection data

    East Riding of Yorkshire CouncilUK-wideIT services and software

    Closing soon9 hours leftSmall contract

    £190kestimated
  5. EPOS system for Carmarthenshire County Council's leisure service

    Carmarthenshire County CouncilWalesCatering, IT services and software

    Closing soon11 hours leftSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £75kestimated

From notice 048481-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 26 May 2026, last updated 26 May 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.