--- title: "Regional Care Cooperative - Supported Accommodation" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0671c7" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0671c7" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0671c7.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0671c7.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "GREATER MANCHESTER COMBINED AUTHORITY" published: "2026-04-14" --- # Regional Care Cooperative - Supported Accommodation Buyer: GREATER MANCHESTER COMBINED AUTHORITY Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0671c7 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0671c7) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0671c7.json) ## Summary The Greater Manchester Combined Authority is spearheading a procurement effort titled "Regional Care Cooperative - Supported Accommodation," focusing on health and social work services. As a public authority within the sub-central government, they aim to establish a multi-provider open framework through a Competitive Flexible Procedure. Intensive engagement and codesign with market stakeholders will begin at the end of April 2026, with key events scheduled throughout May. Interested providers are encouraged to attend these sessions to help shape the framework. The procurement planning provides a structured opportunity for market engagement and collaboration, with the participation pack available through The Chest platform. Deadlines for initial engagement events are set on 30th April, spanning several windows for codesign sessions that end on 21st May. This tender represents substantial growth opportunities for businesses within the health and social work sector, particularly those capable of offering innovative and community rooted models. SMEs and VCSEs will find this framework especially accommodating, given its focus on collaborative principles and codesigned agreements. The procurement seeks to enhance provider capacity and promote ethical service delivery models, allowing businesses to contribute meaningfully to improving outcomes for care experienced young people. Those capable of addressing regional sufficiency pressures and fostering interdependence will be well-positioned to compete. The initial procurement window opens in late 2026, with the framework designed to run for an eight-year period, offering extended opportunities for business growth. ## Notice 1.0 Background The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Regional Care Cooperative (RCC) is developing a new, region wide approach to supported accommodation for children transitioning out of care aged 16 - 17 and care experienced young people. The RCC has been established to strengthen sufficiency, improve outcomes and develop a more ethical and purpose driven care market across the region. Ensuring young people leaving care have safe and supported environments as they prepare for adulthood. The supported accommodation market is comprised of a range of providers and commissioning arrangements, and service delivery approaches vary across localities. Engagement with young people and sector stakeholders, alongside data analysis and market insight, indicates that experiences of support and placement stability can be inconsistent and that young people often face challenges when moving into adulthood. The RCC has identified a benefit in a regionally coordinated approach that enables innovation in the sector to design a new supported accommodation and settling in model. This procurement forms part of the RCC's wider programme of work to support market sustainability and capacity, strengthen regional planning, and increase the availability of provision that meets current needs and outcomes for young people. The RCC intends to establish a multi provider open framework through a Competitive Flexible Procedure. The approach to commissioning and procurement designed thus far aims to ensure accessibility for all eligible providers. Further information and guidance regarding this pre procurement period is available through the Participation Pack also available through The Chest. 2.0 Summary of Requirements Successful framework providers commit to, and will be able to demonstrate, collaborative working principles throughout the procurement and delivery of the contract. This will include participation in the development of a codesigned collaboration agreement during the codesign phase, establishing early the shared expectations for joint working that will determine how the framework is delivered once in place. 3.0 Objectives and Outcomes The core offer and outcomes the framework will be in place to provide are to be defined through the codesign period as part of the PME. There has been a deliberate decision not to prescribe a specification at this stage. Instead, a service design and its objectives will emerge through meaningful coproduction with sector stakeholders. Some general principles include developing a supported accommodation and wider community base support function that: Will meet demand and need in GM ensuring it aligns with sufficiency data and intelligence. Is of a high quality, trauma responsive, relational, community rooted, and centred around young people's needs and aspirations. Improves placement stability and avoids unplanned moves. Supports preparation for adulthood, including life skills, tenancy readiness, EET engagement, financial capability and emotional wellbeing. Develops new and improves existing alignment across partnerships and pathways. Designs out the "cliff edge" of support at 18 and promotes long term interdependence. Supports a diverse provider pool each contributing key elements of the service and gives flexibility to local authorities to call off provision that meets individual needs, local demand, and the evolving regulatory landscape. Registration to these events must be via the Chest Procurement platform https://www.the-chest.org.uk/ Reference DN812920 ### Planning Information Intensive engagement and codesign with the market and its stakeholders will begin at the end of April and take place over 4 weeks. a. On the 30th April at 11:00 the RCC will host a pre-engagement webinar for interested providers and stakeholders to attend and hear more about the approach. This will assist in determining whether parties would like to be involved in the codesign sessions. Following this there will be 2 in person codesign sessions per week focusing on a key area the RCC is looking to coproduce. Key areas and prospective dates are outlined below. Further information confirming locations and timings will be shared via The Chest. b. Procurement Process - Engagement events 5th May and 7th May c. Service Design and Property - Engagement events 12th May and 14th May d. Service Design and Property - Engagement events 19th May and 21st May If further in person or on online events are needed during the PME period, a notification will be shared through the Chest. Attendance of the codesign sessions outlined is strongly recommended, however, if representatives cannot attend for whatever reason, further information will be shared through the Chest with regards to a survey or template to return. To register for the PME webinar and codesign sessions please follow the link below to the Chest. Registration must be via the messaging section on the Chest listing your name, job title, organisation, e-mail address and which session would you like to attend. https://www.the-chest.org.uk/ Project reference - DN812920 The RCC will run a Competitive Flexible Procedure with an intensive pre-procurement preliminary market engagement period. Flowing from this will be the procurement window. During the pre-procurement Preliminary Market Engagement period intensive codesign events will take place focusing on three key areas. o Structured codesign events shaping the procurement - service design, social value approach, framework collaboration agreement, evaluation criteria, qualities we must see, and quality assurance expectations. o Structured codesign events shaping the service design and shaping property acquisition - using a service concept as a foundation to explore what an innovative and outcome led model needs to do. Then ensuring that our property search meets the requirements of the service design. • A Participation Pack will be shared ahead of the sessions outlining the codesign process and what participants need to be prepared to bring. During the procurement process Elements of the procurement process are to be defined during the codesign window but are likely to include multiple dialogue, clarification and evaluation stages, focusing on quality, purpose, values, relational practice, community embeddedness and financial sustainability. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033933-2026 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Framework | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Competitive flexible procedure | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 14 Apr 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 30 Jun 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 30 Nov 2026 - 29 Nov 2034 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £10,200,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | GREATER MANCHESTER COMBINED AUTHORITY | | Locality | MANCHESTER | | Post town | Manchester | | Postcode | M1 6EU | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester | | ITL 3 | TLD33 Manchester | | Local authority | Manchester | | Electoral ward | Deansgate | | Westminster constituency | Manchester Central | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 14 Apr 2026 at 15:49 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033933-2026 - 24 Mar 2026 at 09:24 - PlanningUpdate - UK1 - Pipeline Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026597-2026 - 23 Mar 2026 at 16:06 - Planning - UK1 - Pipeline Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026422-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033933-2026 14th April 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026597-2026 24th March 2026 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026422-2026 23rd March 2026 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents - https://www.the-chest.org.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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