Planning

Procurement of Project Portfolio Management (PPM) System

  • Buckinghamshire Council

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-080576

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05f0b5

Published 8 December 2025, 12:34pm

Last edited 9 December 2025, 8:31pm

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Scope

Description

Buckinghamshire Council is looking to procure and implement a Project Portfolio Management (PPM) software system for managing the Corporate Project Management Office (PMO), the Capital PMO, and Service Improvement-led projects. The overarching aim of the project is to:

• Further improve the capabilities and capacity to deliver a streamlined and professional service with consistency in reporting and readily accessible, high-quality records.

• To create efficiencies in processes within Service Improvement, Corporate PMO and Capital PMO, and other areas if required.

• To improve project management related reporting capabilities across these teams.

• To improve corporate visibility across all current Income and Expenditure / PMO (and other areas if required) projects.

• To enable automated resource management capabilities and better-inform decision-making on resource allocations.

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 June 2026 to 1 June 2030
  • 4 years, 1 day

Main procurement category

Goods

CPV classifications

  • 48000000 - Software package and information systems
  • 48331000 - Project management software package

Engagement

Engagement deadline

22 December 2025

Engagement process description

The Council is inviting you to participate in this exercise by completing the attached questionnaire.

On receipt of the completed questionnaires the Council may wish to contact participants to clarify information or to discuss particular responses. This RFI and any related documents referred to have been prepared by the Council for the purpose of market engagement to gather information.


Participation

Particular suitability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)


Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

23 December 2025


Contracting authority

Buckinghamshire Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PCLJ-2677-YQXD

The Gateway, Gatehouse Road

Aylesbury

HP198FF

United Kingdom

Region: UKJ13 - Buckinghamshire CC

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government