Official UK procurement notice
Supported Accommodation and HMO Provision for Young People Aged 18-25
Authority: Cheshire East Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Supported Accommodation and HMO accommodation, including associated support services, for young people aged 18-25 across North Cheshire to promote independence and positive outcomes.
CPV: Welfare services for children and young people
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Cheshire East Council buys Social work services (CPV 8531), and who usually turns up
Cheshire East Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Social work services (CPV 8531) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in North West England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 35 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid21% / 21%
2–357% / 40%
4–60% / 21%
7+21% / 19%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate17% / 22%
Within ±2%83% / 78%
Above estimate0% / 0%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 8531Estimate not published
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 53 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid21%
2–340%
4–621%
7+19%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Birkenhead Forum Housing AssociationEarlier contract | Supported Lodgings Accommodation Services for cared for children & care leavers aged 16+notice published Jan 2023 | — | £589k | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 22 Sept 2026, 15:34 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Sept 2026, 15:34 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-089762- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0777cdFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
22 Sept 2026 → 1 Jul 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published34 days ago22 Sept 2026, 15:34 BST
- Market engagement26 days ago1 Oct 2026, 00:59 BST
Cheshire East Council is undertaking a market research exercise to better understand the availability, capacity and capability of accommodation providers operating within North Cheshire, including Macclesfield and the surrounding areas to support young people aged 18 to 25.
The Council is seeking to engage with organisations that currently provide, or are interested in providing, Supported Accommodation and/or Housing in Multiple Occupation (HMO) accommodation for young people. This includes providers that are currently registered or are willing and able to become registered in accordance with the Supported Accommodation (England) Regulations and any relevant statutory requirements.
The Council has an ongoing requirement to source suitable accommodation and support options for young people with a range of needs, including care leavers, homeless young adults and Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC). Provision should promote independence, wellbeing, education, employment and successful transitions into adult life through the delivery of safe, appropriate accommodation combined with effective support.
Through this engagement, the Council wishes to gain a greater understanding of:
-Existing supported accommodation and HMO provision within North Cheshire and surrounding localities.
-Current and future accommodation capacity available for young people aged 18 to 25.
-Providers' experience of supporting care-experienced young people and UASC.
-Registration status and willingness to become a Registered Supported Accommodation provider where applicable.
-Property portfolios, including current and planned developments.
-Support models, staffing arrangements and delivery approaches.
-Market appetite for future commissioning, framework arrangements, dynamic purchasing systems or other procurement opportunities.
-Potential barriers, risks and opportunities associated with delivering accommodation and support services within the Cheshire East area.
Providers that are interested in taking part in this market research can register on the North West's Local Authority Procurement Portal www.the-chest.org.uk ↗ for free and express their interest on Project ID DN830467 to download and complete the attached questionnaire.
Information regarding a market research webinar event is included within the questionnaire.
Please can completed questionnaires and webinar invitation requests be e-mailed to Natasha.Raj@cheshireeast.gov.uk by 14:00pm 30th September 2026
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 126 days1 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 247 days1 Jul 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published22 Sept 2026, 15:34 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender