Scope
Description
Tameside Council is inviting the industry to innovate and collaborate on a solution to manage our housing register and allocations services to enable our capabilities related to supporting our residents with their housing needs. We are looking for a Choice based lettings system which can be accessed by approximately 150 officers concurrently this would include registered social providers in Tameside to include partner access.
The contract for the current housing system ends on the 31st of May 2027.
TMBC currently have approx. 1400 customers active on the housing register, with approximately 1800 applications awaiting assessment.
The system would also need to transfer applications for our partner agencies of around 6000 applications.
We would like to take the opportunity to do some soft market testing, to determine current interest levels in the market.
Total value (estimated)
- £10 excluding VAT
- £12 including VAT
Below the relevant threshold
Contract dates (estimated)
- 1 April 2026 to 1 May 2026
- 1 month, 1 day
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 70333000 - Housing services
Contract locations
- UKC - North East (England)
- UKD - North West (England)
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
- UKF - East Midlands (England)
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
- UKH - East of England
- UKI - London
- UKJ - South East (England)
- UKK - South West (England)
Engagement
Engagement deadline
23 February 2026
The engagement was carried out before this notice was published.
Engagement process description
The soft market testing has been published via the CHEST Portal, ref DN807962
Tameside Council is inviting the industry to innovate and collaborate on a solution to manage our housing register and allocations services to enable our capabilities related to supporting our residents with their housing needs. We are looking for a Choice based lettings system which can be accessed by approximately 150 officers concurrently this would include registered social providers in Tameside to include partner access.
The contract for the current housing system ends on the 31st of May 2027.
TMBC currently have approx. 1400 customers active on the housing register, with approximately 1800 applications awaiting assessment.
The system would also need to transfer applications for our partner agencies of around 6000 applications.
We would like to take the opportunity to do some soft market testing to determine current interest levels in the market.
Contracting authority
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PVWB-2493-LWTQ
Tameside One
Ashton under Lyne
OL6 0GS
United Kingdom
Region: UKD35 - Greater Manchester South East
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government