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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. Planned procurement notice · not open for bids yet

    Early Market Engagement for provision of Supported Living Accommodation in any area across Northern Ireland

    Northern Health and Social Care Trust · Tender expected 6 Oct 2026 (today) · Value not stated · Health and social work services · Published 22 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  2. Planned procurement notice · not open for bids yet

    National Framework Agreement for Teledermatology and Telemicrobiology Services

    COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · Tender expected 6 Oct 2026 (today) · Est. £49m · Health services · Published 4 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  3. Planned procurement notice · not open for bids yet

    Urology Daycase Outsourcing

    Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust · Tender expected 7 Oct 2026 (in 1 day) · Value not stated · Urologist services · Published 18 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  4. Planned procurement notice (UK3) · not open for bids yet

    Provision of Adult Sexual Violence Hub and Therapy Support Service in Nottinghamshire

    The Police and Crime Commissioner for Nottinghamshire · Tender expected 8 Oct 2026 (in 2 days) · Value not stated · Social work and related services · Published 16 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Preliminary Market Engagement For Specialist Mental Health Patient Transport Services.

    Swansea Bay University Health Board · Tender expected 8 Oct 2026 (in 3 days) · Est. £624k · Ambulance services · Published 28 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  6. Planned procurement notice (UK3) · not open for bids yet

    Children Who Use Harm

    South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority · Tender expected 8 Oct 2026 (in 3 days) · Est. £2.6m · Welfare services for children and young people · Published 4 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  7. Planned procurement notice · not open for bids yet

    Leeds Mental Health Wellbeing Support - Primary Care Mental Health - West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (Leeds Health and Care Partnership)

    NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board · Tender expected 8 Oct 2026 (in 2 days) · Est. £32.6m · Health services · Published 22 Jul 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    In-Vitro Diagnostics, Point of Care Testing & Pathology Services

    SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED · Tender expected 8 Oct 2026 (in 3 days) · Engagement closes 11 Aug 2026 · Est. £20bn · Pathology services · Published 14 Apr 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Better Care Fund VCSE Integrated Wellbeing Pathways SC, HI & W/2025/93

    Stoke on Trent City Council · Tender expected 9 Oct 2026 (in 4 days) · Engagement closes 7 Oct 2026 · Value not stated · Social services · Published 23 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  10. Pipeline notice (UK1) · not open for bids yet

    Supported Living Care and Support

    Cumberland Council · Tender expected 10 Oct 2026 (in 4 days) · Value not stated · Social work services with accommodation · Published 18 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  11. Planned procurement notice · not open for bids yet

    Provision of Homeless Supported Accommodation, Outreach Tenancy Support and Housing First Services

    Falkirk Council · Tender expected 9 Oct 2026 (in 3 days) · Est. £6.6m · Social work and related services · Published 24 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  12. Planned procurement notice · not open for bids yet

    NHS SY ICB - Recommissioning of JCS contract - Whitegates Dental Practice

    NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board · Tender expected 9 Oct 2026 (in 3 days) · Est. £173k · Dental-practice services · Published 13 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Healthy Schools and Early Years Services

    Liverpool City Council · Tender expected 11 Oct 2026 (in 5 days) · Engagement closes 30 Sept 2026 · Est. £2.5m · Community health services · Published 21 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  14. Planned procurement notice · not open for bids yet

    Mental Health Community Step Down Facility

    NHS Kent & Medway Integrated Care Board · Tender expected 10 Oct 2026 (in 4 days) · Est. £2m · Community health services · Published 14 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  15. Planned procurement notice · not open for bids yet

    Provision and Operation of an On-site Private MRI Service

    Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Tender expected 11 Oct 2026 (in 5 days) · Est. £200k · Medical imaging services · Published 11 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Early Help Community Connector & Locality Leads

    BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S TRUST COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY · Tender expected 12 Oct 2026 (in 7 days) · Engagement closes 23 Sept 2026 · Est. £12m · Health services · Published 4 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  17. Pipeline notice (UK1) · not open for bids yet

    Community infant feeding

    City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council · Tender expected 12 Oct 2026 (in 7 days) · Value not stated · Community health services · Published 10 Jul 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  18. Planned procurement notice · not open for bids yet

    Oral Health Insights Project

    Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council · Tender expected 13 Oct 2026 (in 7 days) · Est. £15k · Miscellaneous health services · Published 29 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Provision of Independent Health Complaints Advocacy Service

    London Borough of Brent · Tender expected 13 Oct 2026 (in 8 days) · Engagement closes 5 Oct 2026 · Est. £300k · Health and social work services · Published 11 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  20. Planned procurement notice · not open for bids yet

    2026 Social Care - Aberdeenshire Self Directed Support Services

    Aberdeenshire Council · Tender expected 14 Oct 2026 (in 8 days) · Est. £2m · Social work and related services · Published 31 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Penarth Extra Care Domiciliary Care Services

    Vale of Glamorgan Council · Tender expected 14 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) · Engagement closes 24 Sept 2026 · Est. £6.3m · Health and social work services · Published 20 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  22. Planned procurement notice · not open for bids yet

    Third Party NHS Health Checks Market Engagement

    Hampshire County Council · Tender expected 14 Oct 2026 (in 8 days) · Est. £600k · Health services · Published 29 Jul 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Preliminary Market Engagement Notice For Community Infant Feeding

    City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council · Tender expected 15 Oct 2026 (in 10 days) · Engagement closes 28 Sept 2026 · Est. £2.6m · Health services · Published 18 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Mental Health Day Opportunities Service - Market Engagement Event | Remote

    The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea · Tender expected 15 Oct 2026 (in 10 days) · Engagement closes 25 Sept 2026 · Est. £13.9m · Community health services · Published 11 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  25. Planned procurement notice · not open for bids yet

    Outsourcing of Ophthalmology Laser Procedures at Centre for Sight, East Grinstead

    Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Tender expected 16 Oct 2026 (in 10 days) · Est. £45k · Ophthalmologist services · Published 5 Oct 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  26. Planned procurement notice · not open for bids yet

    High Intensity User (HIU) Programme - Outcomes Partnership (Market Engagement)

    NHS North East London Integrated Care Board · Tender expected 16 Oct 2026 (in 10 days) · Est. £2.6m · Health services · Published 1 Oct 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  27. Planned procurement notice · not open for bids yet

    2026 Aberdeenshire Dementia Service - Holistic & Community Support

    Aberdeenshire Council · Tender expected 16 Oct 2026 (in 10 days) · Est. £417k · Social work and related services · Published 22 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    CSC26181 Residential Children’s Homes for Torbay

    Torbay Council · Tender expected 19 Oct 2026 (in 14 days) · Engagement closes 8 Oct 2026 · Est. £24.3m · Health and social work services · Published 1 Oct 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  29. Pipeline notice (UK1) · not open for bids yet

    I-4988 - Extra Care Housing 6 Schemes

    Oxfordshire County Council · Tender expected 20 Oct 2026 (in 14 days) · Value not stated · Health services · Published 30 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  30. Planned procurement notice · not open for bids yet

    Gender Affirming Surgery Psychology Services

    Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Tender expected 19 Oct 2026 (in 13 days) · Est. £1.4m · Psychiatrist or psychologist services · Published 29 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  31. Planned procurement notice · not open for bids yet

    WPL06910 - Peritoneal Malignancy Outsourcing - Elective CRS and HIPEC

    HAMPSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · Tender expected 19 Oct 2026 (in 13 days) · Value not stated · Hospital services · Published 17 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    HAC6149 Mental Health Accommodation with Support

    Tower Hamlets · Tender expected 19 Oct 2026 (in 14 days) · Engagement closes 18 Sept 2026 · Est. £5.8m · Health and social work services · Published 8 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Sensory Support Services

    Peterborough City Council · Tender expected 19 Oct 2026 (in 14 days) · Engagement closes 14 Aug 2026 · Est. £239k · Health and social work services · Published 31 Jul 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    (UK2) Preliminary Market Engagement: Enablement, Day Opportunities, Volunteering and Employment Services for Adults with a Learning Disability

    Westminster City Council · Tender expected 20 Oct 2026 (in 15 days) · Engagement closes 7 Oct 2026 · Est. £2.1m · Social work services · Published 17 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Off the Streets Programme 2026/27

    Cornwall Council · Tender expected 20 Oct 2026 (in 15 days) · Engagement closes 22 Sept 2026 · Est. £963k · Social work services with accommodation · Published 8 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  36. Planned procurement notice · not open for bids yet

    Proactive Care (Berkshire West) - Frailty

    BERKSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · Tender expected 21 Oct 2026 (in 15 days) · Value not stated · Health services · Published 22 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  37. Planned procurement notice · not open for bids yet

    Holistic Support Services for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) in Highland

    The Highland Council · Tender expected 21 Oct 2026 (in 15 days) · Est. £3.6m · Health and social work services · Published 15 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Accommodation and Integrated Pathway for Adults Experiencing Homelessness and Multiple Disadvantage - Market Engagement

    Milton Keynes City Council · Tender expected 22 Oct 2026 (in 17 days) · Engagement closes 2 Sept 2026 · Est. £3.6m · Health and social work services · Published 19 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  39. Planned procurement notice · not open for bids yet

    Medical Physics Support Services

    Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Tender expected 23 Oct 2026 (in 17 days) · Value not stated · Medical imaging services · Published 2 Oct 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    HIV Community Services

    Somerset Council · Tender expected 23 Oct 2026 (in 18 days) · Engagement closes 18 Sept 2026 · Est. £140k · Health and social work services · Published 3 Sept 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.