Provision of Best Start Hubs and Healthy Babies Parenting Services

Opportunity overview

Manchester City Council's Manchester Strategy 2025-2035 strategic theme sets out the city's overarching priorities. Our People, focuses on everyone who calls Manchester home, and seeks to ensure that all residents have the opportunity to live their best lives. This theme is centred on supporting people to be happy, healthy, safe, and active from childhood and throughout their lives. It recognises that the wellbeing of Manchester's residents is fundamental to the city's long-term success.

Lot 1 — Contract lot

Estimated lot value including VAT: £3.4m

Participation condition: See tender documents.

Award criterion: Quality: 45%

Award criterion: Social Value: 20%

Award criterion: Environment: 10%

Award criterion: Price: 25%

Suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises.

Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises.

Contract starts: 29 December 2026

Initial contract ends: 28 April 2029

Maximum term ends: 28 April 2031

Extension: The contract period will be for 2.4 years with the option to extend for an additional 2 years subject to funding.

Contracting authority

Manchester City Council Town Hall Extension, Manchester, M60 2LA, UKD33, United Kingdom Email: procurement@manchester.gov.uk Website: https://www.manchester.gov.uk/

Procurement timetable and procedure

Procedure: Open procedure

Clarification deadline: 26 August 2026 at 11:00 am

Submission deadline: 4 September 2026 at 11:00 am

Award decision expected by: 21 October 2026 at 11:59 pm

Electronic submissions: allowed

Submission language: EN

CPV Classification

85000000 — Health and social work services

How to submit

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Documents

• The Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest. Applicants will need to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk. Once registered, applicants will be emailed a login and password which will allow them to gain access to the documentation relating to this opportunity. Applicants will need to electronically submit their completed tender documents, including procurement specific questionnaire, via the online portal by 11 am on 4th September 2026 as referred to in the tender documentation. Any clarification queries must also be submitted via the Chest website by the date referred to in the tender documentation.

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