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title: "Emergency Accommodation and Assessment Unit - Shawe Road"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e6b2"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "Trafford Council"
published: "2026-08-18"
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# Emergency Accommodation and Assessment Unit - Shawe Road

Buyer: Trafford Council  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e6b2

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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

Find the Soft Market document for more information.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078609-2026 |
| 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 | 18 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 28 Aug 2026 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Apr 2027 - 31 Mar 2031 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| 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 |
| Postcode area | 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 | TLD3 Greater Manchester |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 18 Aug 2026 at 15:07 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078609-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078609-2026
  18th August 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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