Official UK procurement notice
GMCA 2171 Strategic Environmental Assessment
Authority: Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Local council)
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) - Greater Manchester Joint Minerals and Waste Plan. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority is undertaking an expression of interest for the following: The SEA will be required as part of this work, to identify any environmental effects as a result of implementing the plan, and any reasonable alternatives. The timetable for the GMJMWP is to be agreed but, under transitional arrangements set out in the 2026 Regulations, the 10 authorities are required to give notice of commencement of plan making before 31st December 2026 and to pass through Gateway 1 by 30th April 2027.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionStrategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) - Greater Manchester Joint Minerals and Waste Plan
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority is undertaking an expression of interest for the following:
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) to support the forthcoming Greater Manchester Joint Minerals and Waste Plan (GMJMWP).
The 10 Greater Manchester authorities (Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan) are working together to produce the Greater Manchester Joint Minerals and Waste Plan. This will be a single plan to replace the existing Minerals Plan and Waste Plan, which were adopted in 2013 and 2012 respectively. The plan will be developed working in partnership with local authorities and a specialist third-party and will be produced in line with the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning)(England) Regulations 2026 under the new plan-making system. The SEA will be required as part of this work, to identify any environmental effects as a result of implementing the plan, and any reasonable alternatives. The timetable for the GMJMWP is to be agreed but, under transitional arrangements set out in the 2026 Regulations, the 10 authorities are required to give notice of commencement of plan making before 31st December 2026 and to pass through Gateway 1 by 30th April 2027.
The proposed commission comprises the following activities:
- Strategic Environmental Assessment for Greater Manchester Joint Minerals and Waste Plan
- Preparation and consultation on the scope and level of detail of the SEA Environmental Report. This will run at the same time as the consultation on the proposed minerals and waste plan content and evidence.
- Preparation and consultation on the proposed SEA Environmental Report. This will run at the same time as the as consultation on the proposed minerals and waste plan.
- Review and finalise SEA Environmental Report prior to ‘Gateway 3’.
CPV: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) services other than for construction · Environmental issues consultancy services · Environmental planning
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Greater Manchester Combined Authority buys Environmental management (CPV 9071), and who usually turns up
Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Environmental management (CPV 9071) →
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How often local firms win similar work.
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in North West England.
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Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 42 days of the bid deadline.
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Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
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How many bids did past lots attract?
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid25% / 27%
2–327% / 13%
4–625% / 33%
7+22% / 27%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate38% / 64%
Within ±2%59% / 29%
Above estimate3% / 7%
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See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1CPV 9071Published estimate£100k
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A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid27%
2–313%
4–633%
7+27%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly. Contracts Finder contracts appear on the Retender Radar, not yet in these figures.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Nov 2026, 13:36 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Nov 2026, 13:36 GMT
- Authority reference
GMCA 2171- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-105209- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b413Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
5 Nov 2026 → 1 Feb 2027 · 3 dates- Planning notice published20h ago5 Nov 2026, 13:36 GMT
- Today6 Nov 2026
- Market engagementin 7 days13 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
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- Contract startsin 86 days1 Feb 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published5 Nov 2026, 13:36 GMTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender