The Information Commission (IC) is undertaking discovery for a future FOI Conciliation Service (FCS). We are inviting suppliers to this pre market engagement to share market insight on the feasibility, delivery approach and indicative timescales for a service capable of supporting the end-to-end handling and conciliation of Freedom of Information (FOI) complaints. Prior to commencing formal procurement, we are engaging the market to: •Refine and validate our understanding of the broader opportunity, to demonstrate best practice in the application of new technology whilst maintaining public trust. •Shape our requirements, drawing on sector best practices and supplier expertise to deliver a solution. •Gain insight into indicative delivery timelines, and the organisational conditions we would need to enable for success. •Leverage supplier experience in delivering technology solutions for similar organisations. •Test our current assumptions, identify proven or emerging delivery approaches, understand what products and features are available and ensure we are ready to progress The Premarket engagement will run for four weeks from 21st October 2026 and will inform the subsequent tender specification. It is intended to tender with a robust specification that clearly defines our requirements and enables us to identify the solution that best meets the needs of the FOI FCS service. Participation in this PME (Preliminary Market Engagement) is voluntary, and suppliers will not be disadvantaged in any subsequent procurement process by their decision to engage or not. To assist the Information Commission to develop its proposed service requirements, the Information Commission would appreciate responses from interested potential providers to a questionnaire which is available via the Delta eSourcing Platform. Please copy and paste this URL: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/992RKPA72P into your browser. For any technical queries regarding the Delta eSourcing Portal please contact Delta at [email protected], or via telephone on 0800 923 9236. Full PME documentation is available to you when you open the link/URL provided, which provides for you a full description of what the IC is looking for and a questionnaire for you to complete and submit via the Delta platform. Responses to the questionnaire should be submitted by: 12:00 noon on Wednesday 18th November 2026 For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Wilmslow:-Software-package-and-information-systems./992RKPA72P To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/992RKPA72P

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Responses are requested to a questionnaire which is available in the Delta eSourcing Platform together with a broader description of the request. The submission closing date is: 12:00 noon on Wednesday 18th November 2026. Submissions are being requested via Delta eSourcing: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/992RKPA72P Please copy and paste this URL into your browser. For any technical queries regarding the Delta eSourcing Portal please contact Delta at [email protected], or via telephone on 0800 923 9236. Within Delta, a questionnaire submission document has been provided in the documents section for you to pickup, complete and submit on the Delta eSourcing platform only. To promote constructive discussion, we will be holding one-to-one sessions. You will need to register for this via the questionnaire submission document. There is a separate section for you to indicate your request for a 30 minute session in the submission document and these will be collated when the submissions close on 18th November 2026. The one to one feedback sessions will be held on 24, 25, or 26 November 2026. Each organisation can request a single slot. A Teams invite will be shared with organisations that register their interest in their returned submission after 18th November and the teams invites will be issued by Monday 23rd November. Dates and time slots will be allocated and confirmed to each participant. These allocations will be fixed, and requests for alternative dates or times may not be accommodated. PME Timetable ActivityDate & TimeAccess Questionnaire publicationWednesday 21st October 2026Via Delta eSourcing - https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/992RKPA72P Questionnaire closing date for submission 12 noon Wednesday 18th November 2026Via Delta eSourcing - https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/992RKPA72P One to One feedback sessions: 24, 25, or 26 November 2026. Supplier one-to-one discussion sessions Each slot will be 30 minutes long A Teams invite will be shared with organisations that register their interest in return of their submission, the teams invites will be issued by Monday 23rd November. Dates and time slots will be allocated and confirmed to each participant. These allocations will be fixed, and requests for alternative dates or times may not be accommodated.