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Active Oldham Strategic Partnership Agreement (AOSPA)

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council · Local authority

In brief

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council has announced plans to buy construction work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

It is a framework worth up to £20,000,000 excluding VAT: the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers, not one contract.

The contract runs for 4 years, up to 95 months with extensions, starting 3 May 2027.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Key dates

Bids by
11:59pm, Friday 6 November 2026

How bids are scored

Price Criteria 50% · Qualitative Assessment 35% · Social Value 15%

A balance of quality and price.

Competition

Usually high: a median of 7 bids per contract for this buyer (from 13 awards in the last 12 months).

Framework

Winning puts you on a list of suppliers the buyer can call on; it does not guarantee work. The £20,000,000 is the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers over the framework's life, not one contract.

What the notice says

Oldham Council (the Council) has a strategy to deliver a series of highway improvement and high specification public realm projects in and around Oldham Town Centre. Active Oldham is a package of measures to transform the accessibility and connectivity to and around Oldham Town Centre by all modes as part of an ambitious vision and development strategy for investment in the Town Centre. The Active Oldham Strategic Partnership Agreement (AOSPA) is intended to promote a partnering and collaborative approach to delivering a programme of construction works and create a strategic environment where Supplier and the Council (as Employer) work together to optimise delivery by learning and working together and continually improving the services. The AOSPA term is for a maximum of 4 years. There is a programme of several projects planned initially. The final number of projects to be delivered through the AOSPA may increase and vary depending on the level of future external funding available to the Council and the success of the partnership between the Council and Supplier.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Submit your bid through the buyer's e-tendering portal: procontract.due-north.com.
  4. Make sure your bid arrives before 11:59pm, Friday 6 November 2026. Late bids are usually rejected.

Timeline

  1. Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 048398-2026
  2. Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 048414-2026
  3. Planned procurement notice · UK3, notice 065266-2026
  4. Planned procurement notice · UK3, notice 065282-2026

About the buyer

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From notice 048398-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 26 May 2026, last updated 10 July 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.