Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 9 Oct 2025, 10:56 BST

Official UK procurement notice

General and Specialist Information and Advice Services

Official notice

Authority: Salford City Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdLight touch regime
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Mar 2031 · starts 1 Apr 2026
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

High Street: General and specialist advice, including form filling and legal support where appropriate. Health: Information and advice to help individuals access health services suited to their needs.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

High Street: General and specialist advice, including form filling and legal support where appropriate.

Health: Information and advice to help individuals access health services suited to their needs.

Care Act: Social care advice provided under the council's duties in the Care Act 2014.

Palliative Care: Financial advice for those in their last year of life, including support for families and carers.

Disabled Children: Specialist benefits advice for Salford families with disabled children, plus general support on related issues.

Expectant Families: Advice on maternity benefits and employment rights for expectant families, including teenagers.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 5 yrs
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2031 (5 yrs)
Delivery: North West

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
9 Oct 2025, 10:56 BST
Last source update
9 Oct 2025, 10:56 BST
Authority reference
S1850
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-063597
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
North West (UKD3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ab54 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

9 Oct 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published388 days ago
    9 Oct 2025, 10:56 BST
  2. Market engagement365 days ago
    31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT

    The Market Engagement will take place on The Chest

  3. Contract starts214 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    9 Oct 2025, 10:56 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Salford City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PRCJ-7674-MRWM Civic Centre, Chorley Road, Swinton, Manchester, North West, M27 5DAContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure