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Wakefield Council Virtual Wallet, Payment Card and Personal Assistant Recruitment Tool
The Council of the City of Wakefield · Local authority
In brief
The Council of the City of Wakefield has announced plans to buy financial services work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.
The notice does not state a value.
The contract runs for 3 years, starting 30 April 2027.
The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
Can I win this?
Competition
Typical: a median of 4 bids per contract for this buyer (from 5 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
Wakefield Council is undertaking preliminary market engagement to understand the availability of off-the-shelf solutions to support the management, monitoring and auditing of Direct Payments within Adult Social Care. The Council is interested in Virtual Wallet tools, Payment Card solutions, Personal Assistant Recruitment Tools, or a combined solution.
How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- 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.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 063792-2026
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 069109-2026
About the buyer
The Council of the City of WakefieldLast 12 months
Procurements
122Awards
101Similar open tenders
All open financial services tenders- £104mestimated
- £567kestimated
From notice 063792-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 7 July 2026, last updated 22 July 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.