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Emergency Accommodation and Assessment Unit - Shawe Road

Trafford Council

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18 Aug 2026 at 15:07

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Trafford Council intends to procure services to operate its Emergency Accommodation and Assessment Unit at Shawe Road in Urmston. The service forms part of the council’s provision for emergency accommodation and assessment, and the procurement is intended to replace the current arrangement with a compliant service beyond its existing term. This is a public-sector health and social work service, with delivery in the Trafford area of Greater Manchester. The requirement is structured as a single service lot. Organisations considering this work should be able to provide or manage emergency accommodation alongside assessment and related support services. The council is testing the market to understand current supplier interest before developing the future procurement.

This procurement is at the planning stage and is not an invitation to tender. Trafford Council is carrying out soft market testing before re-tendering the service, using the light-touch regime and an open procedure is not yet stated as the selected approach. The council expects the future contract to run from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2031. Its current contract is due to end on 31 March 2027. A scheduled market-engagement milestone is due on 28 August 2026, and the council expects a subsequent notice on that date. The procurement is below the relevant threshold. The council has identified one lot, with participation considered suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community or social enterprises.

This early engagement will suit organisations already delivering emergency accommodation, homelessness services, assessment services or related health and social care support. Providers with practical experience of managing accommodation-based services, assessing people’s needs and coordinating appropriate onward support are likely to be well placed when the requirement reaches the market. The work is explicitly considered suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community or social enterprises, so smaller specialist providers and mission-led organisations should assess whether they can deliver the full service or prepare a partnership approach. Potential participants should review their operational capacity, safeguarding arrangements, staffing model, accommodation-management capability and experience of working with councils or other public bodies. The market-testing stage is an opportunity to prepare and help shape a future compliant arrangement, rather than to submit a tender now.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Emergency Accommodation and Assessment Unit - Shawe Road

Notice Description

Our current contract for the delivery of our Emergency Accommodation and Assessment Unit, based at Shawe Road in Urmston, is due to end on 31 March 2027. We are currently undertaking work to review and re-tender the service to ensure a compliant arrangement is in place beyond this date. We would like to take the opportunity to do some 'soft market testing' as outlined below, to determine current interest levels in the market.

Planning Information

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Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e6b2
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078609-2026
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
18 Aug 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
28 Aug 20261 day to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Apr 2027 - 31 Mar 2031 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Trafford Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
MANCHESTER
Postcode
M32 0TH
Postcode Area
Manchester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD3 Greater Manchester
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD34 Greater Manchester South West
Delivery Location
TLD3 Greater Manchester
Local Authority
Trafford
Electoral Ward
Gorse Hill & Cornbrook
Westminster Constituency
Stretford and Urmston

Further Information

Notice Documents

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