Advocacy, Participation and Family Group Decision Making Services
Trafford Council · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
✓Tender information last checkedLast checked 5 Oct 2026, 16:36.
Opportunity overview
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.
Classification
CPV85311300 — Welfare services for children and young people
Lots
Lot 1Value not stated
Documents and notices
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗
Published notice details
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Buyer location · Manchester · UKD34 · M32 0TH · United Kingdom
Notice and amendment history
1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
1 VERSION
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093931-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
Trafford Council is conducting an early-stage soft market testing exercise for Advocacy, Participation and Family Group Decision Making Services. This is a planned procurement and does not indicate that bidding is open.
Who this may suit
Potentially relevant to providers of children and young people’s advocacy, participation and family group decision-making services. Supplier eligibility, required capacity and submission requirements are unknown at this stage.
Key points identified
Service scopeAdvocacy, Participation and Family Group Decision Making ServicesEvidence: “provision of Advocacy, Participation and Family Group Decision Making Services.”
Market engagement responseProviders are invited to express interest and respond to a Soft Market Testing exercise.Evidence: “Trafford Council wishes to invite providers to express their interest and respond to a Soft Market Testing exercise”
Supplier eligibility criteriaUnknownEvidence: No eligibility, financial standing, insurance, location, company-size or sector requirements are stated in the supplied notice data.
94% approved-analysis confidence3 supplier criteria identified3 risks or unknowns
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Trafford Council is conducting an early-stage soft market testing exercise for Advocacy, Participation and Family Group Decision Making Services. This is a planned procurement and does not indicate that bidding is open.
Who this may suit
Potentially relevant to providers of children and young people’s advocacy, participation and family group decision-making services. Supplier eligibility, required capacity and submission requirements are unknown at this stage.
Key deliverables
Advocacy services
Participation services
Family Group Decision Making services
Response to the soft market testing exercise
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
3 criteria identified
Service scope
98% confidence
Advocacy, Participation and Family Group Decision Making Services
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“provision of Advocacy, Participation and Family Group Decision Making Services.”
Market engagement response
99% confidence
Providers are invited to express interest and respond to a Soft Market Testing exercise.
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“Trafford Council wishes to invite providers to express their interest and respond to a Soft Market Testing exercise”
Supplier eligibility criteria
99% confidence
Unknown
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No eligibility, financial standing, insurance, location, company-size or sector requirements are stated in the supplied notice data.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Contract value
100% confidence
Unknown
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No minimum or maximum contract value or currency is supplied.
Contract term
100% confidence
Unknown
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No contract start or end date is supplied.
Commercial terms
100% confidence
Unknown
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No pricing, payment or contractual terms are supplied.
Delivery
Delivery location
98% confidence
Unknown
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The supplied location is identified as “Buyer location” (Manchester), not a service delivery location.
Service delivery requirements
99% confidence
Unknown
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No delivery model, volumes, service standards or mobilisation requirements are supplied.
Display status is “upcoming”; stage and source status are “planning”; notice type is “Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender”.
Engagement method
99% confidence
Soft Market Testing
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“respond to a Soft Market Testing exercise.”
Publication date
100% confidence
2026-10-05
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Published at: 2026-10-05T15:27:46+01:00.
Tender submission deadline
100% confidence
Unknown
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No submission deadline is supplied; this is a preliminary market engagement notice.
Procurement method
100% confidence
Unknown
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Procurement method is null in the supplied data.
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Early-stage scope risk
95% confidence
The eventual scope, volumes and service specification may change following market engagement.
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The notice is a preliminary market engagement notice at planning stage and provides only a high-level service description.
Competition timetable risk
100% confidence
No tender publication date or submission deadline is stated.
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Tender start date and submission deadline are null in the supplied data.
Commercial uncertainty
100% confidence
Contract value, duration and commercial terms are not stated.
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Value, currency, contract start and contract end fields are null; no commercial terms are provided.
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