Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 30 Jun 2025, 15:13 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Food Partnership Proposal · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow thresholdLight touch regime
Planned pipeline value£170,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Dec 2028 · up to 31 Dec 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Jan 2026
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

Tameside Council would like to take the opportunity to do some 'soft market testing' to determine current interest levels in the market for the provision of a Food Partnership Proposal. Suppliers are invited to register on The-Chest portal, download the document and complete and return no later than 12 noon on the 18th July 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Tameside Council would like to take the opportunity to do some 'soft market testing' to determine current interest levels in the market for the provision of a Food Partnership Proposal.

Suppliers are invited to register on The-Chest portal, download the document and complete and return no later than 12 noon on the 18th July 2025

For further information go to:

  • www.the-chest.org ↗,
  • register as a supplier
  • then login
  • go to find opportunities
  • under portals select The Chest
  • under organisations select Tameside Council
  • select DN780451
  • select register in this opportunity
  • select To View This RFQ Event Now Click Here
  • download documents

CPV: Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrs
Contract period: 1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2028 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Dec 2030 with extensions
Delivery: North West
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
30 Jun 2025, 15:13 BST
Last source update
30 Jun 2025, 15:13 BST
Authority reference
UID13527
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036169
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work servicesOther community, social and personal services
Delivery area
North West (UKD3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055610 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

30 Jun 2025 → 1 Jan 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    30 Jun 2025, 15:13 BST
  2. Market engagement
    18 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST

    For further information go to:

    • www.the-chest.org ↗,
    • register as a supplier
    • then login
    • go to find opportunities
    • under portals select The Chest
    • under organisations select Tameside Council
    • select DN780451
    • select register in this opportunity
    • select To View This RFQ Event Now Click Here
    • download documents
  3. Contract starts304 days ago
    1 Jan 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    30 Jun 2025, 15:13 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PVWB-2493-LWTQ Tameside One, Ashton under Lyne, North West, OL6 0GSContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure