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Published 18 Sept 2026, 11:57 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of a Public Analyst Services for Manchester City Council Food, Health and Safety and Airport Team of Environmental Health

Authority: Manchester City Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71)Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: North West (UKD3)
Published estimate £240,000≈ £120k / year · £288,000 inc. VAT
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsup to 4 yrs with extensions · starts 1 Mar 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

To deliver the provision of Public Analyst Services to the Food, Health & Safety and Airport team of Environmental Health of Manchester City Council. The team operate as an inland authority and operate 2 Border Control Post at Manchester Airport for commercial imports of Products of Animal Origin and also High Risk Food not of Animal Origin. The Border control post operates 24/7 (Typically 9am-6pm Mon-Fri and as needed out of hours and at the weekend).

The Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest. Participants of the preliminary market engagement exercise will need to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk . Once registered, participants will be emailed a log-in and password which will allow them to gain access to the documentation relating to this exercise

https://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/AdvertSummary?projectId=b88e269c-1ab0-f111-813c-005056b64545&projectStepId=dd8e269c-1ab0-f111-813c-005056b64545

CPV: Environmental services · Laboratory services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Mar 2027 — 28 Feb 2029 (2 yrs) · up to 4 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: North West
Extensions
Extension options published
71900000 Laboratory services90700000 Environmental services

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
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
18 Sept 2026, 11:57 BST
Last source update
18 Sept 2026, 11:57 BST
Authority reference
P-0135
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Environmental servicesLaboratory services
Delivery area
North West (UKD3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07754b

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published2 days ago
    18 Sept 2026, 11:54 BST
  2. Market engagementin 10 days
    29 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
    The Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest. Participants will need to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk . Once registered, participants will be emailed a log-in and password which will allow them to gain access to the documentation relating to this more…market engagement exercise. Participants will need to electronically submit their completed Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire via the on-line portal by 11am on 28th September 2026 as referred to in the Preliminary Market Engagement documentation. https://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/View?advertId=1f21cd44-1bb0-f111-813c-005056b64545&fromAdvertEvent=True
  3. Contract startsin 162 days
    1 Mar 2027, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

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

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Sept 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    18 Sept 2026, 11:57 BSTUK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    18 Sept 2026, 11:54 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)

Link to advert updated https://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/View?advertId=1f21cd44-1bb0-f111-813c-005056b64545&fromAdvertEvent=True

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Manchester City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PLNV-8798-LDMP Town Hall Extension, Manchester, North West, M60 2LA [email protected]
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Official documents & specifications (2)

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Notices published for this procedure