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Junior PARS - Physical Activity on Referral Scheme

Details

Buyer: Manchester City Council
Topic: Community health services
Published: 30 June 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Bespoke and targeted social prescribing programme for children identified as overweight or obese or at risk of developing life limiting conditions in adulthood due to excessive weight who require a structured physical activity and lifestyle improvement programme as part of a long term care plan. Lot 1: The Council intend to award the contract via the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 utilising Direct Award process C: The provider performed well over the duration the initial contract following a competitive tender, the contract is coming to an end and the relevant authority wishes to directly award a new contract. As per Reg6 of PSR there is no considerable change to the contract and the contract value of the proposed contract, while over 25% of the original contract value, is less than £500,000 and so permitted under Reg6(10)(b)(ii)

Timeline

Completed: Tender published30 June 2026
Current notice

About the buyer

Manchester City Council is the local authority for the city of Manchester, and buys through its Corporate Procurement Service. Category leads across the council handle procurement for their own areas of goods and services. Contract opportunities are advertised on The Chest, the North West's shared procurement portal for local authorities. Larger contracts also appear on Find a Tender, the UK's service for public procurement notices. A Professional Services Framework covers consultancy and professional services work for the council. Suppliers can register for free email alerts on The Chest when relevant opportunities are published.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Manchester City Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, construction work and transport equipment.

Relevant CPV codes

85323000 · Community health services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@manchester-city-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@manchester-city-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@manchester-city-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@manchester-city-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@manchester-city-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@manchester-city-council.gov