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Opportunity overview
Manchester City Council is undertaking Preliminary Market Engagement to understand the availability, capacity and capability of organisations interested in acting as Fiscal Host for Manchester’s five Pride in Place Neighbourhood Boards. The anticipated role includes administering Board member allowances and expenses, maintaining auditable financial records and providing appropriate financial management and governance for public funds.
The Council is seeking market feedback on capacity, experience, potential delivery models, governance arrangements, risks and barriers to help inform its future requirements and procurement approach. This is not a call for competition.
Classification
CPV66171000 — Financial consultancy services
CPV79210000 — Accounting and auditing services
Lots
Lot 1Value not stated
Documents and notices
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗
Published notice details
Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.
The Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest. Participants will need to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk . Once registered, participants will be emailed a log-in and password which will allow them to gain access to the documentation relating to this market engagement exercise.
Participants will need to electronically submit their completed Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire document via the on-line portal by 11:00 on 3rd November 2026.
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Due
3 Nov 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled
Documents
Entry 1
Id
099070-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Buyer location · Manchester · UKD33 · M60 2LA · United Kingdom
Delivery location · UKD33 · United Kingdom
Notice and amendment history
1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
1 VERSION
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099070-2026Preliminary 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
Early-stage preliminary market engagement by Manchester City Council on a potential fiscal-host role for five Pride in Place Neighbourhood Boards. The Council is seeking feedback; this is explicitly not a call for competition.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for organisations with evidenced capability in fiscal hosting, public-fund financial governance, auditable records, and administration of allowances and expenses. Future eligibility, commercial and submission requirements are unknown.
Key points identified
Fiscal host capabilityOrganisation interested in acting as Fiscal Host for five Neighbourhood BoardsEvidence: “organisations interested in acting as Fiscal Host for Manchester’s five Pride in Place Neighbourhood Boards”
Financial administrationAdminister Board member allowances and expensesEvidence: “The anticipated role includes administering Board member allowances and expenses”
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Early-stage preliminary market engagement by Manchester City Council on a potential fiscal-host role for five Pride in Place Neighbourhood Boards. The Council is seeking feedback; this is explicitly not a call for competition.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for organisations with evidenced capability in fiscal hosting, public-fund financial governance, auditable records, and administration of allowances and expenses. Future eligibility, commercial and submission requirements are unknown.
Key deliverables
Administer Board member allowances and expenses
Maintain auditable financial records
Provide financial management and governance for public funds
Provide market feedback on capacity, experience, delivery models, governance, risks and barriers
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
5 criteria identified
Fiscal host capability
98% confidence
Organisation interested in acting as Fiscal Host for five Neighbourhood Boards
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“organisations interested in acting as Fiscal Host for Manchester’s five Pride in Place Neighbourhood Boards”
Financial administration
96% confidence
Administer Board member allowances and expenses
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“The anticipated role includes administering Board member allowances and expenses”
Financial records
98% confidence
Maintain auditable financial records
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“maintaining auditable financial records”
Public-fund governance
98% confidence
Provide appropriate financial management and governance for public funds
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“providing appropriate financial management and governance for public funds”
Eligibility criteria
97% confidence
Unknown
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No eligibility criteria are stated in the supplied preliminary market engagement notice.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Contract value
99% confidence
Unknown
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value_min, value_max and currency are null.
Commercial terms
93% confidence
Unknown
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The Council is seeking feedback to inform “future requirements and procurement approach”.
Delivery
Delivery area
84% confidence
UKD33 / Manchester area
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Delivery location is listed as region “UKD33”; buyer location is Manchester.
Number of boards
99% confidence
Five
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“Manchester’s five Pride in Place Neighbourhood Boards”
display_status is “upcoming”, stage is “planning”, and notice type is “Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender”.
Competition status
100% confidence
Not a call for competition
View supporting evidence
“This is not a call for competition.”
Procurement route
98% confidence
Unknown
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procurement_method and procurement_method_details are null; the Council is seeking feedback to inform its future procurement approach.
Submission deadline
99% confidence
Unknown
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submission_deadline is null.
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Early-stage scope risk
97% confidence
The future requirements, delivery model, governance arrangements and procurement approach are being informed through market feedback and may change.
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“help inform its future requirements and procurement approach” and “potential delivery models, governance arrangements, risks and barriers”.
No competition currently open
100% confidence
This is market engagement only; no bid or submission process is evidenced.
View supporting evidence
“This is not a call for competition.”
Commercial and timetable uncertainty
99% confidence
Contract value, term, start date, end date and submission deadline are not stated.
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Relevant supplied fields are null.
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