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Adoption Support Flexible Purchasing System

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council · Local authority

In brief

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council has announced plans to buy care and 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 £6,006,244 excluding VAT: the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers, not one contract.

The contract runs for 8 years, up to 97 months with extensions, starting 14 November 2026.

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?

Competition

Typical: a median of 3 bids per contract for this buyer (from 11 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 £6,006,244 is the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers over the framework's life, not one contract.

What the notice says

The FPS means that there is a compliant and consistent way of commissioning the required Therapies across the members of Adoption Counts, and also does not lock out the market once awarded. The FPS will be opened up approximately every 4 months to allow for new Applicants to apply to get on to the FPS, this means the FPS is future proofed against new and innovative therapies (which may be a providers commercial advantage, or a very niche are of the market) as the providers of these new therapies and new entrants to the market are not locked out of Adoption Counts preferred contracting method for these services. It also means that Applicants who fail to place on to the FPS for poor quality of responses, but which are known to do excellent work, are not locked out of the arrangement for long as they may apply when the next applications window is opened up, and providing they rectify the issues they will be told about, they may be successful on their next application.

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. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 045128-2026
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 058248-2026

About the buyer

Stockport Metropolitan Borough CouncilLast 12 months

Procurements

48

Awards

28

Suppliers it has used most for care

All tenders and awards from Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

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From notice 045128-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 15 May 2026, last updated 19 June 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.