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Legal Case Management

Manchester City Council · Local authority

In brief

Manchester City Council has announced plans to buy IT and software and legal 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 £1,400,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 7 years, starting 31 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 this buyer (from 42 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

Manchester City Council is inviting organisations to participate in a Preliminary Market Engagement exercise regarding Legal Case Management System Requirements. Manchester City Council Legal & Democratic services provide legal services to not only Manchester City Council, but Salford City Council, Rochdale Borough Council and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. The Legal Case Management solution is deemed a business-critical system. With the introduction of a new resilient, secure case management solution for Legal Services not only provides the tools to staff for effective working in line with the Manchester City Council 'Our People' strategy The Council intends to explore procuring a new Legal Case Management Saas solution (including the setup, licensing, support and maintenance services) and b) a professional service to lead its implementation and migration of agreed data to the solution.

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 077719-2025

Last time this was bought

Case Center Bundling System

Awarded
30 October 2025
Value
£187,303
Contract ends
31 October 2028

Matched on Manchester City 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

Procurements

96

Awards

50

Suppliers it has used most for IT and software

  1. CCM1379 - OHU Software

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    Closing soon25 hours leftSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £82kestimated
  2. Network Services 4

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    Closing soon3 days left11 lotsSuitable for SMEsFramework

    £8bnframework ceiling
  3. Countryside Land Management and Estate Maintenance Framework

    Lake District National Park AuthorityNorth WestConstruction, Grounds maintenance and landscaping

    Closing soon3 days left8 lotsSuitable for SMEsFramework

    £4mframework ceiling
  4. EV Charging Infrastructure

    National Grid UK LimitedNorth East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, WalesVehicles and fleet, IT services and software

    Closing soon3 days leftExpress interest3 lots

    £29.9mestimated
  5. Royal Navy Museums Broadband Services

    National Museum of the Royal NavyNorth East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, Northern IrelandIT services and software

    Closing soon6 days left2 lotsSuitable for SMEs

    £250kestimated

From notice 077719-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 27 November 2025. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.