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Trafford 13609 - Healthy Food Environments for Children, Young People (CYP) & Families - Soft Market Testing
Trafford Council · Local authority
In brief
Trafford Council has announced plans to buy care and healthcare 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 £210,000 excluding VAT.
The contract runs for 3 years, starting 4 January 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?
Competition
Typical: a median of 4 bids per contract for this buyer (from 9 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
Please note that this is not a call for competition. This is a soft market testing exercise undertaken under the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023.
Trafford Council are undertaking a soft market testing exercise to fully understand what the market can offer and the challenges in procuring and setting up this service. It is hoped that this will be an opportunity for us to obtain an insight of how participants might approach delivery of the service, and how they might address circumstances that my impact on the service. It will also help us to further understand the market.
We anticipate that should a tender exercise be undertaken, the maximum annual value for the contract might be in the region of £210,000; and the duration to be 3 years.
We are therefore seeking expressions of interest from participants with the relevant expertise and experience to assist us in determining the feasibility of this project by answering the questions in the attached documentation.
Note that any contract awarded following any future tender process will be subject solely to Trafford Council's Terms and Condition.
The closing date for your submission of the documents for this exercise is at 12noon on the 13th July 2026.
If you have any questions and/or requests for further information, please upload them onto the 'Messages' section of The Chest portal. We will reply using the same method.
How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- 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.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 061317-2026
About the buyer
Trafford CouncilLast 12 months
Procurements
39Awards
20Suppliers it has used most for care
- Bha for Equality1 contract
- LMCP Care Link1 contract
- Learnactive NW Ltd1 contract
- Pillbox38 (UK) Limited1 contract
Similar open tenders
All open care tenders- £82kestimated
- £8.76mestimated
- £400kestimated
- £56mestimated
- £508mframework ceiling
From notice 061317-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 30 June 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.