Official UK procurement notice
Domestic Abuse Sanctuary and Safe Accommodation (DASSA) Support Service HDG/2025/944
Authority: Stoke-on-Trent City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe DASSA Support Service will, in accordance with legislative guidance, provide specialist domestic abuse support for victims of domestic abuse and their children within relevant Safe Accommodation. The service will comprise several individual components.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Apr 2030, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£2,747,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 60%
- Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical
- Price
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Apr 2030
- First published
- 9 Feb 2026, 13:35 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Aug 2026, 10:47 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 23 Jul 2026
- Authority reference
HDG/2025/944- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-031778- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064b1bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 May 2026, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
9 Feb 2026 → 1 Oct 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published256 days ago9 Feb 2026, 13:35 GMT
- Market engagement233 days ago3 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
To register your interest in delivering the service/s please email
[email protected] by 12 noon on 27th February 2026, if you wish to attend the Market Engagement Event to take place on 3rd March 2026 at the Civic Centre, Stoke where further information will be shared regarding the tender, which will also include time for networking opportunities.
- Next notice expected220 days ago16 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published198 days ago8 Apr 2026, 10:27 BST
- Submission deadline156 days ago20 May 2026, 14:00 BST
- Award decision expected by91 days ago23 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent58 days ago26 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published58 days ago26 Aug 2026, 10:47 BST
- Standstill ends44 days ago8 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts22 days ago1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
8 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Feb 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published9 Feb 2026, 13:35 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published8 Apr 2026, 10:27 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active8 Apr 2026, 10:27 BST
- Procurement method changed8 Apr 2026, 10:27 BST
- Deadline published: 20 May 2026, 14:00 BST8 Apr 2026, 10:27 BST
- Contract award notice published26 Aug 2026, 10:47 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete26 Aug 2026, 10:47 BST
- Contract signature expected9 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honeycomb Charitable Services Ltd (trading as Glow)SMEVCSE1 Oct 2026 – 30 Sept 2029 · up to 30 Sept 2031Extensions: Optional extensions, at the discretion of the council | £2,747,000 | 26 Aug 2026standstill to 8 Sept 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 4 at stage one | 1 | 1 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- HONEYCOMB CHARITABLE SERVICES LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender