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Cornwall Council

Cornwall Council Market Engagement Exercise: Planning Site Analysis & Evaluation Tool

Software & IT SystemsCPV 48000000 71400000 71410000 38221000 72316000 72262000 72322000 71354100 72267100
Value£200k
Deadline15 Sept 2026
Published18 Aug 2026
RegionLondon
Timeline
Published 18 Aug 202627 days leftCloses 15 Sept 2026
Contract value in context
£200ktotal contract value
median £91k
this tender£0£1.1m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Software & IT Systems band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 30,286 valued Software & IT Systems tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Cornwall Council is seeking market feedback on a proposed Software as a Service (SaaS) Site Analysis & Evaluation Tool to support preparation of the Cornwall Local Plan.

The soft market test aims to understand supplier capability, market capacity, implementation approaches, data migration requirements, commercial models and potential procurement considerations before commencing a formal procurement process.

Further information is available within the attached Soft Market Test documentation.

Cornwall Council welcomes feedback from organisations with relevant expertise in planning technology, GIS, site appraisal and Software as a Service solutions.

This exercise is for market engagement purposes only and does not constitute a formal procurement process.

All correspondence and responses should be submitted through the Proactis (Due North) portal.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The soft market test aims to understand

The soft market test aims to understand supplier capability, market capacity, implementation approaches, data migration requirements, commercial models and potential procurement considerations before commencing a formal procurement process.

02

All correspondence and responses should be submitted

All correspondence and responses should be submitted through the Proactis (Due North) portal.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidCyber Essentials Plus (often mandatory for gov IT)
  • Hold at bidISO 27001 (information security)
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
5f9ce88e-6b15-44b9-811d-5ed64badbafc
Stage
preprocurement · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
CORNWALL001-DN826362-23339514
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