Estimate 1
Not stated
VAT basis unknown. No amounts are added together or allocated to individual suppliers. This is not a payment.
Procurement Act 2023 notice
Soft Market Engagement Commercial Opportunity Development (not a formal procurement exercise)
- Latest stage
- planning
- Latest notice
- 8 May 2026
- Stated contract period
- 22 Jun 2026 to 21 Aug 2026
- Award period
- Not stated to Not stated
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06946a
- Procurement method
- Not stated
Payments Transparency Register ↗. Search the register for OCID ocds-h6vhtk-06946a. The Payments Transparency Register publishes payments under public contracts commenced after 31 March 2026 that fall under Section 70 of the Procurement Act 2023. Contracting authorities must publish information about any payment of more than £30,000, including VAT. Values on the register exclude VAT. This site does not republish those payments.
Held original notices: Contracts Finder to 9 November 2026. Find a Tender originals run from 24 February 2025 through 10 November 2026 exclusive, including the L1 gap package from 17 August 2026, with supplementary packages for part of 16 to 23 August 2026. The official notice may have changed. Check Find a Tender search if it cannot be opened.
Which stages have a stated date?
3 of the six stages have a date on the held notices. A gap means no held notice states that date; it does not mean the stage did not happen.
- Planning noticePublication date of the first held planning notice.
- Tender noticeNo tender notice is held.
- Tender deadlineNot stated on the held notice.
- Award dateNot stated on the held notice.
- Contract start
- Contract end
Source: held original Find a Tender notices 042390-2026, read offline: stage notices, tender period, awards and the stated contract period.
What the held notices state
- Tender deadline
- Not stated on the held notice
- Process status
- Planning
- Regime
- Procurement Act 2023, stated as UKPGA 2023/54
- Procurement method
- Not stated
- Stated reason for the method
- Not stated on the held notice
- Number of bids
- Not stated on the held notice
- Above the procurement threshold
- No
- Framework agreement
- Not stated on the held notice
- Marked suitable for small firms
- Not stated on the held notice
Awards
Not stated on the held notice: no award is listed.
Lots
| Lot | Title | Status | Contract period | Latest possible end |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 | Not stated on the held notice | Planning | 22 Jun 2026 to 21 Aug 2026 | Not stated on the held notice |
Options and renewal
Not stated on the held notice.
Source: held original Find a Tender notices 042390-2026, read offline. Each field shows what the latest held notice stating it says. Not stated means no held notice for this process states it. A size is shown only where the notice states it for that supplier.
Contract period
The bar is the stated lot or tender contract period. The mark, where it falls inside the period, is the export build date of 10 November 2026. Option and renewal wording is shown above where a held notice states it.
Notice description
Lancashire County Council is seeking to engage the market to better understand the support available to help accelerate and strengthen its programme of commercial activity. The Council is exploring how it can generate additional value and income through new commercial models, making best use of its assets, services and capabilities. The Council is interested in understanding: • Best practice in developing and delivering local authority commercial opportunities; • The types of expertise and support that suppliers can offer, including idea generation, business case development and delivery support; • How suppliers can work alongside an internal commercial team to build capacity and deliver at pace. This engagement is not a procurement exercise. The purpose is to undertake structured soft market testing to inform the Council's future approach and shape any subsequent requirements. Suppliers are invited to respond to a short survey setting out their relevant experience, approach and capacity. Please note, there will not be any formal evaluation of responses. Following review of responses, the Council anticipates inviting a small number of suppliers to attend an in person discussion session on 28th May 2026, to explore approaches, share ideas and discuss potential future collaboration. Participation in this engagement does not commit the Council to any future procurement or contractual arrangement. To be considered, please respond by noon on 18th May 2026.
Contact removal rule: contacts/1.
Separate stated values
No ceiling or maximum amount is in this export. The official notice is the place to read one.
Held stage events
- : planning
Dates are the publication dates of the held stage notices. This is not a complete release history. The tender deadline is shown above where a held notice states it.
Suppliers
This list gathers every supplier named on any held award. Each award and its suppliers are shown above. Names without an organisation identity remain withheld pending review.
Sources
fts_raw_2026-05-01_2026-06-01.json.gz
- Publisher
- Find a Tender
- SHA256
- 93af679509039f3d377386b45068f5a687f3665eb1a9623095c386ed467efb58
- Licence
- Not recorded in held file
- Retrieved
- Original retrieval time not recorded
Official notice 042390-2026
- Publisher
- Find a Tender
- SHA256
- 5faa2ae34f01c6dc243e0a69036e2280297c8122f9ebfa92a27731eabbcebfe5
- Licence
- See held source file
- Retrieved
- Original retrieval time not recorded
What this export cannot show
Award values are not linked to a named supplier, and no ceiling or maximum amount is shown. Those facts stay on the official notice when the notice publishes them. A tender deadline, award dates, supplier sizes, lots, and option or renewal wording appear on contract pages only where a held notice states them. A held process counts as last at tender or planning only when that is the latest stage among the held releases. Where more than one supplier is named, the names are joint and no share is stated.