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Stockport Day Opportunities

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council · Local authority

In brief

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council has announced plans to buy healthcare and care 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 £1 excluding VAT: the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers, not one contract.

The contract runs for 3 weeks, starting 7 January 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 £1 is the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers over the framework's life, not one contract.

What the notice says

The revised Day Opportunities Framework in Stockport went live in April 2025 with the intention of offering a diverse range of provision aligned with the Care Act 2014. The ambition was to ensure that services were flexible, meaningful, enjoyable and genuinely person-centred in both design and delivery. However, uptake during the initial launch did not achieve the level of diversification expected. Provision has continued to focus predominantly on traditional building-based services. While these services remain valued and needed, Stockport Council aims to build on this foundation by also expanding into community-based and innovative models that further support residents to live “a gloriously ordinary life.” Before reopening the framework to additional providers, the Council proposes undertaking soft market testing—outlined below—to understand the level of interest and capacity among providers who share Stockport’s vision for diverse, flexible and person-centred Day Opportunities.

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 000610-2026

About the buyer

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From notice 000610-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 6 January 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.