How to win: De Montfort Hall Ticketing Solution - PME

About this contract

We are undertaking a Pre-Market Engagement (PME) exercise to better understand the current ticketing solutions available within the market and to explore emerging technologies and innovative approaches that could enhance future service delivery. The purpose of this engagement is to gather information from suppliers on the capabilities, functionality, and developments within the ticketing sector, including opportunities to improve user experience, operational efficiency, accessibility, reporting, integration, and digital transformation. We are particularly interested in understanding innovative solutions, market trends, and best practice that may help inform our future procurement strategy and requirements. This engagement is for information-gathering purposes only and does not constitute a call for competition or a commitment to commence a procurement process. Supplier participation will help shape our understanding of the market and support the development of a well-informed future requirement.

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Leicester City Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £400,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins goods work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar goods contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 20 November 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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