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Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

Open Framework for the Provision of Short Break

HealthcareCPV 85000000
Value£6.6m
Deadline12 Oct 2026
Published11 Sept 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 11 Sept 202631 days leftCloses 12 Oct 2026
Who to contact
procurement@star-procurement.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

https://www.the-chest.org.uk/ Project Reference - DN779079

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£6.6mtotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

This is a large award for Health & Social Care — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council publishes Health & Social Care work continuously — 90 notices, roughly one every 27 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

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The brief

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council (The Council) is seeking to develop an Open Framework for the Provision of Short Breaks in Stockport.

For a full specification for this opportunity, please register you interest.

Bidders are advised that the deadline set out in the documents is absolute.

You are advised to upload your submission well in advance of the deadline to avoid any technical issues that might arise causing you to fail to meet the deadline which would lead to the rejection of your submission.

The Council is conscious that Bidders spend a huge amount of time, effort and expense in putting together a submission and is keen to ensure that no bid is rejected for this reason.

In submitting your quotation you agree to contract on the terms and conditions as detailed on The Chest.

Due to the Council's obligations of fairness and equal treatment to all bidders it cannot accept amendments to these terms and conditions or alternative terms and conditions.

If you seek to amend the terms and conditions or submit alternative terms and conditions the Council may reject your quotation.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

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The Council is conscious that Bidders spend

The Council is conscious that Bidders spend a huge amount of time, effort and expense in putting together a submission and is keen to ensure that no bid is rejected for this reason.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

What it takes to bid this

2540 daysof bid-team effort
£17.1k£27.4kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £1m–£10m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidCQC registration / safeguarding policies
  • Plan for deliveryDBS-checked staff & vetting process
  • Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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tender · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
086396-2026
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