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Choice Based Letting system - Soft Market Test Only. Published via the CHEST ref DN807962

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council · Local authority

In brief

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

The estimated value is £10 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 4 weeks, starting 1 April 2026.

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

Can I win this?

Competition

Usually high: a median of 13 bids per contract for property contracts in this region (from 33 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

Tameside Council is inviting the industry to innovate and collaborate on a solution to manage our housing register and allocations services to enable our capabilities related to supporting our residents with their housing needs. We are looking for a Choice based lettings system which can be accessed by approximately 150 officers concurrently this would include registered social providers in Tameside to include partner access. The contract for the current housing system ends on the 31st of May 2027. TMBC currently have approx. 1400 customers active on the housing register, with approximately 1800 applications awaiting assessment. The system would also need to transfer applications for our partner agencies of around 6000 applications. We would like to take the opportunity to do some soft market testing, to determine current interest levels in the market.

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. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 016656-2026

About the buyer

Tameside Metropolitan Borough CouncilLast 12 months

Procurements

49

Awards

27

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From notice 016656-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 24 February 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.