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# Choice Based Letting system - Soft Market Test Only. Published via the CHEST ref DN807962

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/choice-based-letting-system-soft-market-test-only-published-via-the-chest-ref-dn807962-ocds-h6vhtk-065b85). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council: "Choice Based Letting system - Soft Market Test Only. Published via the CHEST ref DN807962". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £10. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/tameside-metropolitan-borough-council-ons-e08000008)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £10 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Housing services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/choice-based-letting-system-soft-market-test-only-published-via-the-chest-ref-dn807962-ocds-h6vhtk-065b85#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-065b85`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/choice-based-letting-system-soft-market-test-only-published-via-the-chest-ref-dn807962-ocds-h6vhtk-065b85#tl-md)

## Description
Tameside Council is inviting the industry to innovate and collaborate on a solution to manage our housing register and allocations services to enable our capabilities related to supporting our residents with their housing needs. We are looking for a Choice based lettings system which can be accessed by approximately 150 officers concurrently this would include registered social providers in Tameside to include partner access.
The contract for the current housing system ends on the 31st of May 2027.
TMBC currently have approx. 1400 customers active on the housing register, with approximately 1800 applications awaiting assessment. 
The system would also need to transfer applications for our partner agencies of around 6000 applications. 
We would like to take the opportunity to do some soft market testing, to determine current interest levels in the market.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 70333000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 01/05/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F016656-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-02-24T16:51:10.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T11:28:25.995Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-065b85