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Published 16 Sept 2026, 18:26 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Soft Market Testing-Sleep Service for Children and Young People

Authority: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)·On behalf of: Star Procurement

ServicesBelow thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Budget not disclosed Value not published
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsstarts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

We would like to invite providers to participate in our Soft Market Testing exercise for the provision of Sleep Services.

Further information can be found in the Soft Market Testing document, which has been uploaded to the Chest (Project Reference No-DN 829806).

CPV: Welfare services for children and young people

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Planned 2 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 — 1 Apr 2029 (2 yrs)Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
85311300 Welfare services for children and young people

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
Light touch regime
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
16 Sept 2026, 18:26 BST
Last source update
16 Sept 2026, 18:26 BST
Authority reference
DN 829806
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Welfare services for children and young people
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0773ef

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published4 days ago
    16 Sept 2026, 18:26 BST
  2. Market engagementin 13 days
    3 Oct 2026, 00:59 BSTAt this stage, we will only be asking providers to complete and submit a Soft Market Testing document.
  3. Contract startsin 193 days
    1 Apr 2027, 01:00 BST

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

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    16 Sept 2026, 18:26 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PVWB-2493-LWTQ Tameside One, Ashton under Lyne, North West, OL6 0GS [email protected]
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Other public bodies

  • Star ProcurementProcess contact pointProcuring entityProcurement SupportGB-COH: Star ProcurementGB-PPON: PMJL-3178-QZJH Sale, North West [email protected]

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure