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Market Engagement - Local Authority Housing, Revenue and Benefits system

Details

Buyer: London Borough of Brent
Topic: Industry specific software package
Published: 7 September 2026
Submission: 5 October 2026in 1 week
Source: uk:procontracts

Tender description

The Council has a contract in place for a system for housing, benefits and council tax which commenced in April 2022 and is expiring by the end of March / April 2027. These are key line of business systems which ensure the Council is able to manage the Housing functions and the administration of Revenues and Benefits in an effective and efficient way. The Council seeks to gain a more detailed understanding of the supplier market and range of solutions that may be available. This market engagement will help to clarify its requirements, assesses the market’s capacity and develops our future procurement strategy. Following responses being received, the Council may choose to invite selected supplier to present online via Microsoft Teams. This is expected to be held between 26/10/2026 – 06/11/2026. Further instructions will be provided to responders at that time. Suppliers will not be prejudiced in any future procurement processes by either responding or not responding to this market engagement exercise. Please read this document and if you feel that your organisation is able to contribute to this exercise, please complete the response document and return, via the E-Procurement Portal (ProContract) by 1pm on 05/10/2026. Keywords: Software, Revenue, Housing, Benefits

Timeline

Completed: Tender published7 September 2026
Current notice
Next: Submission date5 October 2026in 1 week

About the buyer

Brent Council is a London borough council and local authority, running procurement through its own in-house corporate Procurement team. Open tenders are advertised and suppliers submit bids through the council's ProContract portal. Lower-value contracts are generally sourced and managed directly by individual service departments across the council. Larger, higher-value contracts are instead led by the corporate Procurement team. A dedicated local supplier database lists smaller-value opportunities specifically for businesses based in the borough. Brent's own Contracts Register, published on the ProContract portal, records every awarded contract going back to 2012.

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 London Borough of Brent's contract awards have been in health and social work, business services and construction work.