Coming up· published 9 Sept 2025
Tameside Live Well Community Navigation Service - Soft Market Testing
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council · Tameside, North West
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council is planning Tameside Live Well Community Navigation Service - Soft Market Testing. It is a contract for other health and social care in Tameside.
Source: Find a Tender, published 9 Sep 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 12:34
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2026
Contract starts
Next
2029
Contract ends
3 years after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council is planning Tameside Live Well Community Navigation Service - Soft Market Testing. It is a contract for other health and social care in Tameside. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The contract runs from 2 March 2026 to 28 February 2029. It lasts 3 years.
The buyer marks it as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs. Find a Tender published it on 9 September 2025. The notice number is 055016-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-0596b1.
Summary of the contracting process
The procurement process initiated by Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, based in Ashton under Lyne, UK, is at the planning stage and involves the Tameside Live Well Community Navigation Service. This initiative is focused on community navigation or social prescribing, aiming to enhance local residents' health and wellbeing through activities, groups, and services. Key deadlines include a scheduled engagement milestone set for 23rd September 2025.
Businesses interested in participating should refer to the reference DN789876 for further information. The procurement process encourages participation from SMEs and VCSEs, making it an accessible opportunity for various-sized enterprises to contribute to and benefit from the community's welfare. With a contract period set to run from March 2026 to February 2029, businesses looking to expand their market presence in the UK will find this project a significant growth opportunity.
The notice in full
2.1 Community navigation, also known as social prescribing, is an approach that uses 'link workers' or 'community navigators' to connect people to the wider community and its offer of activities, groups and services, to best meet their practical, social and emotional needs. Tameside Live Well Community Navigation Service is a new community-sited and community-delivered service to support the health and wellbeing of local residents.
Funded by Tameside Council, its delivery, recruitment, staff training, and allocation and investment of community funds would be managed by an organisation working in and with a good knowledge of the community. Further information go to www.the-chest.org.uk REF: DN789876
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 2 Mar 2026 to 28 Feb 2029 (3 years)
- Suitable for
- Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs); Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs)
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planning
- Lots
- Planning
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 055016-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0596b1
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services; 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services; 98 - Other community, social and personal services
Location
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Town
- Oldham
- Postcode
- OL6 0GS
- Electoral ward
- St Peter's
- Constituency
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- Delivery area
- Greater Manchester
- Region
- North West
- Sub-region
- Greater Manchester South East
- Area
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Ashton Under Lyne, OL6 0GS · North West · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Documents and links
Questions about Tameside Live Well Community Navigation Service - Soft Market Testing
When will the Tameside Live Well Community Navigation Service - Soft Market Testing tender open?
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
How long is the Tameside Live Well Community Navigation Service - Soft Market Testing contract?
The contract runs from 2 March 2026 to 28 February 2029 (3 years).
Who is the buyer for Tameside Live Well Community Navigation Service - Soft Market Testing?
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, based in Tameside, North West.
How do I bid for Tameside Live Well Community Navigation Service - Soft Market Testing?
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- Read the early notice in full.
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