Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 8 Sept 2026, 16:25 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Women's Homelessness Engagement Pathway

Authority: Manchester City Council (Local council)

ServicesSME suitableVCSE suitable
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsup to 3 yrs with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Manchester City Council intends to commission a community-based early intervention and support service for women experiencing homelessness. The service will support women facing significant barriers to accessing housing, health, and support services, many of whom have experienced multiple disadvantages such as domestic abuse, trauma, poor mental health, substance misuse, neurodivergence, and other complex needs.

The service will deliver gender-informed, trauma-responsive support within a safe and psychologically informed environment, helping women address homelessness, improve wellbeing, increase independence, and sustain accommodation.

Working in partnership with statutory and voluntary sector organisations, the service will provide support through a community-based drop-in model and aims to assist at least 400 women annually. The successful provider must have access to suitable premises from which to deliver the service.

CPV: Social work services without accommodation

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2029 (2 yrs) · up to 3 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: North West
Extensions
Extension options published
85312000 Social work services without accommodation

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
Unspecified in notice
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
8 Sept 2026, 16:25 BST
Last source update
8 Sept 2026, 16:25 BST
Authority reference
P-1481
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Social work services without accommodation
Delivery area
North West (UKD33)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f4fa

How it was run

Submission deadline

Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published14 days ago
    8 Sept 2026, 16:25 BST
  2. Market engagement1 day ago
    21 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
    The Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest. Applicants will need to register their details at the following link: www.the-chest.org.uk. Once registered, applicants will be emailed a login and password, which will allow them to gain access to the documentation relating to this more…opportunity. https://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/View?advertId=e58c9b3d-c6aa-f111-813c-005056b64545&fromAdvertEvent=True As part of the preliminary market engagement, the Council will host a market engagement webinar on Tuesday, 22nd September 2026, at 2 pm via Microsoft Teams. (Registration closes on Monday, 21st September 2026, at 4 pm.) If you would like to attend this webinar, you can register for a place by completing this form: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Xn3OsM2B-0eU9ydsYmt7CRzgeKbROpJDuMS6cegRdxRUNUFVWDgzTkY2T1FWNkFLNlZKTDFTWUtHQS4u All responses will be treated as confidential and commercially in confidence and will not in any way be shared with or used in the later assessment of any proposals submitted by yourselves as part of a formal procurement process.
  3. Contract startsin 190 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 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
    8 Sept 2026, 16:25 BSTUK2

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]

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure