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title: "Advocacy, Participation and Family Group Decision Making Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0780fd"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "Trafford Council"
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# Advocacy, Participation and Family Group Decision Making Services

Buyer: Trafford Council  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0780fd

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## Summary

Trafford Council is considering procuring advocacy, participation and family group decision-making services for children and young people. The work falls within children’s welfare services and is intended to support children and young people to have a voice and take part in decisions affecting them, alongside family group decision-making. The procurement is at the planning stage: the council has set out its intention to seek providers’ interest and views through soft market testing, rather than inviting tenders. The work is for Trafford Council. The contracting information does not identify a delivery location, so the geographic reach of service delivery cannot be determined from the stated scope.

The procurement remains at planning; no invitation to tender has been issued. The council is undertaking a soft market testing exercise and asks interested providers to complete and submit its questionnaire through The Chest procurement portal. The council’s stated return date for this exercise is 21 October 2026; this is a market-engagement date, not a bid deadline. The planned contract period is 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2028. The service is presented as one lot, with no separate lot breakdown. No procurement procedure, estimated contract value, budget or evaluation criteria are set out at this stage. The market-testing exercise is intended to inform the council’s thinking about the planned services before a tender process.

The council identifies the service as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and for voluntary, community and social enterprises, so providers in either group may find the planned procurement relevant. It is aimed at organisations able to deliver advocacy and participation work with children and young people, as well as family group decision-making services. Providers with experience engaging children and young people and supporting their involvement in decisions may be well placed to contribute useful market feedback. At this stage the council is seeking provider views through a soft market-testing exercise, rather than accepting bids. Taking part gives relevant service providers a chance to respond to the questionnaire and inform the council’s understanding of the market ahead of any later tender. The stated information does not establish particular professional accreditations or capacity thresholds.

## Notice

Trafford Council wishes to invite providers to express their interest and respond to a Soft Market Testing exercise for the provision of Advocacy, Participation and Family Group Decision Making Services.

### Planning Information

Please read, complete and submit the attached Soft Market Testing document. The document has been uploaded on the Chest (Procurement Portal).

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093931-2026 |
| 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 | 5 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Apr 2027 - 1 Apr 2028 |
| 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 | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people

## Release History

- 5 Oct 2026 at 15:27 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093931-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093931-2026
  5th October 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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