Stale Pre-tender

002696 - Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for a Commercial Property Finder

Details

Buyer: Durham County Council
Value: £22,500
Topic: Software package and information systems
Published: 7 October 2025
Submission: 24 October 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Durham County Council (DCC) are looking to explore the market options for a commercial property database. The system will be an integral part of our property database search facility offer that we provide to the business community. The contractor will be responsible for accurate and timely updates to the data and submitting monitoring reports of visitor engagement, registration and trend analysis. Overview of our Requirements: • To provide a property search capability for Business Durham (BD) • Provide a reliable search capability of land and property for BD staff and its clients and enquirers via a database • Be searchable by clients via the Business Durham website • Be accurate and up to date • Have a reporting function which allows presentation of result searches to clients and analysis of trends for management analysis on a quarterly basis • Include Business Durham properties • Public facing search fields • Interactive search map of County Durham • Ability to download a pdf of results • Login area for clients to access full details and review search results • Staff login area to access reports • Provide bi-annual detailed market trends reports. • Flag and highlight newly added properties • Highlight and promote Business Durham properties in the search results

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published7 October 2025
Current notice

About the buyer

Durham County Council delivers local government services across County Durham, and buys as a local authority with its own corporate procurement team. Tenders and quotations are handled through the NEPO OPEN Portal, the council's online etendering system. Larger opportunities also appear on the government's Find a Tender Service under the Procurement Act 2023. Durham is one of twelve north-east councils sourcing goods and services through the North East Procurement Organisation. Specialist professional services can be sourced through the Bloom NEPRO framework across nineteen categories. The council also procures on behalf of additional public bodies beyond Durham itself.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Durham County Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, construction work and transport equipment.

Relevant CPV codes

48000000 · Software package and information systems
70332200 · Commercial property management services
71315200 · Building consultancy services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@durham-county-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@durham-county-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@durham-county-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@durham-county-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@durham-county-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@durham-county-council.gov