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003325 - Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for a Pensions Administration System
Forecast: a planned procurement that is not yet at tender stage.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £1,600,000Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this forecast notice.
- Published
- 7 Oct 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
Durham County Council Pension Fund (the Fund) is exploring the market for a modern, secure and fully integrated Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) administration solution to support the delivery of pension services to members and participating employers.
The Fund is seeking to understand the capabilities currently available within the market and how technology can support the administration of the LGPS, improve member and employer engagement, increase automation, enhance data quality and ensure ongoing compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements.
This Preliminary Market Engagement exercise is intended to inform the Fund's future procurement strategy and help shape detailed requirements for any subsequent procurement exercise. Suppliers are invited to provide information on their solutions, implementation approaches, innovation, product roadmaps and experience within the LGPS sector.
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 2nd October 2026 at 12 noon.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 48100000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
3 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 15 Sep 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 15 September 2026.
Release 087492-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 30 Sep 2026Planning notice update
Planning notice update published 30 September 2026. Stated change: Extension to PME submission deadline from Friday 2nd October to Wednesday 7th October 2026.
Release 092139-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 7 Oct 2026Planning notice update
Planning notice update published 7 October 2026. Stated change: Deadline extended to 4pm on Friday 9th October
Release 094535-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- None recorded for the fields above. Attached documents are not read, so this is not a full account of the tender.
06/ Questions
About this notice
07/ Tender hubs
More payroll and pensions tenders like this
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08/ Related
Where to go next
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-06fa8a
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- planning · Planning
- Last verified
- Mon 12 Oct 2026, 20:33 BST
- Read at
- Fri 23 Oct 2026, 01:06 BST
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