--- title: "Trafford 13609 - Healthy Food Environments for Children, Young People (CYP) & Families - Soft Market Testing" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06c049" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06c049" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06c049.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06c049.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "TRAFFORD COUNCIL" published: "2026-06-30" --- # Trafford 13609 - Healthy Food Environments for Children, Young People (CYP) & Families - Soft Market Testing Buyer: TRAFFORD COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06c049 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06c049) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06c049.json) ## Summary Trafford Council is conducting a soft market testing exercise for a project titled "Trafford 13609 - Healthy Food Environments for Children, Young People (CYP) & Families". The exercise is currently in the planning stage, with a focus on understanding what the market can offer in health and social work services, particularly in the UKD region of the United Kingdom. This initiative targets service delivery and potential challenges in implementing a £210,000 annual valued service over a three-year contract period anticipated to start on 4th January 2027. Key dates include a submission deadline for interest by 12 noon on 13th July 2026. This testing phase creates significant opportunities for organisations with expertise in health and social work services, especially SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprises. By expressing interest and participating in this exercise, businesses can influence the forthcoming procurement process, potentially positioning themselves advantageously for future tender opportunities. It invites businesses to demonstrate how they might deliver relevant services, thereby supporting broad market insight and refining service feasibility for Trafford Council. ## Notice Please note that this is not a call for competition. This is a soft market testing exercise undertaken under the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023. Trafford Council are undertaking a soft market testing exercise to fully understand what the market can offer and the challenges in procuring and setting up this service. It is hoped that this will be an opportunity for us to obtain an insight of how participants might approach delivery of the service, and how they might address circumstances that my impact on the service. It will also help us to further understand the market. We anticipate that should a tender exercise be undertaken, the maximum annual value for the contract might be in the region of PS210,000; and the duration to be 3 years. We are therefore seeking expressions of interest from participants with the relevant expertise and experience to assist us in determining the feasibility of this project by answering the questions in the attached documentation. Note that any contract awarded following any future tender process will be subject solely to Trafford Council's Terms and Condition. The closing date for your submission of the documents for this exercise is at 12noon on the 13th July 2026. If you have any questions and/or requests for further information, please upload them onto the 'Messages' section of The Chest portal. We will reply using the same method. ### Planning Information This soft market testing exercise is being conducted on The Chest Procurement Portal: https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities Organisation: Trafford Council The Chest Opportunity ID is DN820734 Title: Trafford 13609 - Healthy Food Environments for Children, Young People (CYP) & Families - Soft Market Testing The supplier will need to register with The Chest and then express an interest in order to get the SMT documents. The closing date for your submission of the documents for this exercise is at 12noon on the 13th July 2026. If you have any questions and/or requests for further information, please upload them onto the 'Messages' section of The Chest portal. We will reply using the same method. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/061317-2026 | | 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 | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 30 Jun 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 13 Jul 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 4 Jan 2027 - 3 Jan 2030 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £210,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | TRAFFORD COUNCIL | | Locality | MANCHESTER | | Post town | Manchester | | Postcode | M32 0TH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester | | ITL 3 | TLD34 Greater Manchester South West | | Local authority | Trafford | | Electoral ward | Gorse Hill & Cornbrook | | Westminster constituency | Stretford and Urmston | | Delivery location | TLD North West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 30 Jun 2026 at 13:39 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/061317-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/061317-2026 30th June 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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