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Published 30 Sept 2026, 10:30 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Tameside Independent Advocacy Service

Authority: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North West (UKD)
Published estimate£2,343,558≈ £469k / year · £2,343,558 inc. VAT
Tender notice expected 2 Nov 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsup to 7 yrs with extensions · starts 7 Jul 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The purpose of this service is to ensure advocacy provision in the borough is person-centred and flexible and that an individual’s need for advocacy, including IMHA, IMCA, Care Act and NHS Complaints, can be met via a single referral by experienced advocates trained accordingly

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal 5 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 7 Jul 2027 — 7 Jul 2032 (5 yrs) · up to 7 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: North West
Extensions
Extension options published
85000000 Health and social work 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
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
30 Sept 2026, 10:30 BST
Last source update
30 Sept 2026, 10:30 BST
Authority reference
DN831208
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
North West (UKD)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077d33

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice publishedearlier today
    30 Sept 2026, 10:30 BST
  2. Market engagementin 13 days
    14 Oct 2026, 00:59 BSTSoft Market Testing to be conducted. All submissions need to be via The Chest under Ref: DN831208
  3. Tender notice expectedin 33 days
    2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 279 days
    7 Jul 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
    30 Sept 2026, 10:30 BSTUK2

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 0GS [email protected]

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure