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UK tender pipeline and market engagement

Pipeline, preliminary market engagement and planned procurement notices: buyers telling the market what they intend to buy before the tender opens. You can't bid on these yet, but you can often join market engagement, register interest or get ready. From Find a Tender and Contracts Finder only.
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  1. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Direct Payment Support Service

    Cumberland Council · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 7 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Social work and related services · Published 27 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  2. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    SEND Education and Specialist Provision Framework

    Lancashire County Council · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 8 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Health and social work services · Published 26 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  3. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Soft Market Testing Exercise- Short-term Emergency Placements

    Wirral Council · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 23 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Welfare services for children and young people · Published 26 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  4. Early engagement notice · not open for bids yet

    Digital CYPMH

    Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 4 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Health services · Published 25 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Contracts Finder ↗

  5. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    St Helens Healthy Child Programme, 0 to 19 years - Soft Market Testing

    St Helens Council · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 1 Sept 2026 · Est. £29.3m · Health and social work services · Published 24 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  6. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Expression of Interest - Future Extra Care Housing Accommodation

    London Borough of Lewisham · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 14 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Health and social work services · Published 24 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  7. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Supported Accommodation Services - Heaney Hub / Warwick Road

    The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 25 Sept 2026 · Est. £6.5m · Health and social work services · Published 21 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  8. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) event related to the provision of Specialist Children's Residential Provision

    Leicestershire County Council · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 14 Sept 2026 · Est. £20m · Health and social work services · Published 21 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  9. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Homeless Prevention and Accommodation Services

    Knowsley Council · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 3 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Social work services with accommodation · Published 20 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  10. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Further Market Engagement Event for Next Generation Occupational Health Services at the Metropolitan Police Service

    Mayors Office for Policing and Crime · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 10 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Health services · Published 20 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  11. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Preliminary Market Engagement for Non-Emergency Ambulance Patient Transport Service

    Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 2 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Ambulance services · Published 18 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  12. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Mediation and Resolution Service

    Gateshead Borough Council · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 14 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Health and social work services · Published 17 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  13. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Homecare, Rapid Response and Reablement Services

    The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 17 Sept 2026 · Est. £4.9m · Health and social work services · Published 17 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  14. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Support and Accommodation for Young People Aged 18 and Over

    Leicestershire County Council · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 11 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Health and social work services · Published 14 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  15. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Supported Accommodation Services for Children and Young People (16 - 25 years)

    Plymouth City Council · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 11 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Social work and related services · Published 14 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  16. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Fatigue Management and Wellbeing Services

    CADENT GAS LIMITED · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 21 Aug 2026 · Value not stated · Company health services · Published 14 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  17. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Domestic Abuse Home Safety and Sanctuary Service

    Bath & North East Somerset Council · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 28 Aug 2026 · Value not stated · Health and social work services · Published 14 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  18. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    National Audit of Care at the End of Life (NACEL)

    Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership Ltd · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 16 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Health services · Published 14 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  19. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Healthwatch Essex Core Service

    Essex County Council · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 4 Sept 2026 · Est. £656k · Health and social work services · Published 14 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  20. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Healthy Child Programme (HCP) Connected Parents

    Wigan Council · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 21 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Health and social work services · Published 13 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  21. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Supported Accommodation for Young Parents aged 16-21 Years

    TOGETHER FOR CHILDREN SUNDERLAND LIMITED · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 4 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Social work and related services · Published 13 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  22. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Essex Carers Core Offer of Support

    Essex County Council · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 10 Aug 2026 · Value not stated · Health and social work services · Published 12 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  23. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Medicine Optimisation for Public Health Services

    South Tyneside Borough Council · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 4 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Health services · Published 12 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  24. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Childrens Community Health Services

    NHS BRISTOL, NORTH SOMERSET AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 9 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Community health services · Published 10 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

About this data

Tenders come from the UK government's Find a Tender and Contracts Finder services (OCDS feeds), refreshed twice a day. A tender counts as open until its stated deadline. Values are as stated by the buyer and are often estimates. Always check the official notice before bidding.

Early notices are releases tagged as planning on Find a Tender (UK1 pipeline, UK2 preliminary market engagement, UK3 planned procurement) and Contracts Finder (early engagement, future opportunity) whose tender has not opened yet. “Tender expected” is the future notice date the buyer gave; notices without one are shown for 60 days after publication. Buyers can change or drop plans, so dates are indicative. See also open tenders and contracts ending soon.