Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Best Start Hubs and Healthy Babies Parenting Services
Authority: Manchester City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionManchester City Council's Manchester Strategy 2025-2035 strategic theme sets out the
city's overarching priorities. Our People, focuses on everyone who calls Manchester
home, and seeks to ensure that all residents have the opportunity to live their best lives.
This theme is centred on supporting people to be happy, healthy, safe, and active from
childhood and throughout their lives. It recognises that the wellbeing of Manchester's
residents is fundamental to the city's long-term success
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£2,800,000
- Economic & financial standing
See tender documents.
- Technical & professional ability
See tender documents.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Quality: 45%
- Price: 25%
- Social Value: 20%
- Environment: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
- Quality
- Social Value
- Environment
- Price
- Economic & financial standing
See tender documents.
- Technical & professional ability
See tender documents.
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Jun 2026, 12:40 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Oct 2026, 13:56 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 21 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
P-1250- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-074952- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bb04Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 4 Sept 2026, 11:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Aug 2026, 11:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
The Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest. Applicants will need to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk ↗. Once registered, applicants will be emailed a login and password which will allow them to gain access to the documentation relating to this opportunity. Applicants will need to electronically submit their completed tender documents, including procurement specific questionnaire, via the online portal by 11 am on 4th September 2026 as referred to in the tender documentation. Any clarification queries must also be submitted via the Chest website by the date referred to in the tender documentation.
The link to the CHES T advert can be found here:
Timeline
23 Jun 2026 → 29 Dec 2026 · 9 dates- Planning notice published127 days ago23 Jun 2026, 12:40 BST
- Market engagement112 days ago8 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
This engagement is being conducted via the Chest portal.
Please see link to specification and questionnaire: procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/View ↗
Interested organisations are invited to review the soft market testing document and submit responses to the questions provided.
The Council particularly welcomes responses from local, community-based organisations and providers with experience of delivering advocacy and family support services.
Participation in this exercise will not prejudice any future procurement process.
- Tender notice published83 days ago6 Aug 2026, 16:24 BST
- Clarification questions by63 days ago26 Aug 2026, 11:00 BST
- Submission deadline54 days ago4 Sept 2026, 11:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent22 days ago7 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published21 days ago7 Oct 2026, 13:56 BST
- Award decision expected by7 days ago21 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today29 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 60 days29 Dec 2026
Notice history
9 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Jun 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published23 Jun 2026, 12:40 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published6 Aug 2026, 16:24 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £2,800,0006 Aug 2026, 16:24 BSTwas £150,000
- Status changed to active6 Aug 2026, 16:24 BST
- Procurement method changed6 Aug 2026, 16:24 BST
- Deadline published: 4 Sept 2026, 11:00 BST6 Aug 2026, 16:24 BST
- Contract award notice published7 Oct 2026, 13:56 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete7 Oct 2026, 13:56 BST
- Contract signature expected26 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST1 Dec 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2031Extensions: The contract period will be for 2.4 years with the option to extend for an additional 2 years subject to funding | £5,194,897 | 24 Sept 2026 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 2 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonMANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · North West England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsThe Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest. Applicants will need to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk. Once registered, applicants will be emailed a login and password which will allow them to gain access to the documentation rel…
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender