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# Market Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/market-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06738f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** St Helens Council: "Market Services". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 9 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [St Helens Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/st-helens-council-ons-e08000013)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 9 April 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business development consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD3, UKD7
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/market-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06738f#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06738f`

## 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/market-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06738f#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FLogin%2FLogin)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/market-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06738f#participate

## Description
St Helens Borough Council currently operates two markets; Earlestown Market and the new St Helens Market Hall.
The Council is seeking to understand the market's capacity and appetite to deliver a comprehensive, modern, and community‑focused market operations.
As part of the Council's wider regeneration and growth programme, we are seeking to identify operators with the capability, ambition and creativity to elevate these markets to provide high‑quality, diverse, and commercially sustainable operations.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 79411100
- **Delivery regions:** UKD
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 30/04/2026 to 31/03/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F027178-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-03-25T10:11:43.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T09:11:45.964Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06738f