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Furnished Accommodation for No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) Families and Care Leavers
Accommodation services
Housing services
Letting services of short-stay furnished accommodation
Location not published
Published value
£1,704,504
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Worcestershire County Council: "Furnished Accommodation for No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) Families and Care Leavers". Published status: planning. Published value: £1,704,504. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Worcestershire County Council | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | planning No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | £1,704,504 |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Worcestershire County Council
Market Analytics
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Worcestershire County Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Competition Density
6.3Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate availablePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Coverage: 44 active published awards; 11 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityWorcestershire County Council | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statusplanning | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published24 Aug 2026, 11:34 BST | Last source update24 Aug 2026, 11:34 BST | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationAccommodation services, Housing services, Letting services of short-stay furnished accommodation | ||
Delivery areaLocation not published | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06e86a | ||
What is being bought
Prior to a Leave to Remain (LTR) status being determined, Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC) have No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) with all practical and financial support being provided by the Council, including accommodation. This also applies to NRPF families with children under 18 who have unsettled status
The service specification outlines the requirements for 2 or 3 bedroom furnished accommodation for this cohort of vulnerable young adults and families with children under 18 years of age
The Council are seeking to identify a service provider(s) to provide furnished accommodation for up to 18 young adults, and/or 6 families with varying ages of children, which will be split across districts, close to good transport links, schools and colleges, and other community services. The service will be split into the following lots, enabling service providers to bid for one or more lots;
a) Lot 1 - Worcester City,
b) Lot 2 – Redditch,
c) Lot 3 - Kidderminster.
What changed
From the official release history
- Official notice release published
24 Aug 2026, 11:34 BST - Official notice release published
20 Aug 2026, 12:57 BST - Official notice release published
20 Aug 2026, 12:01 BST - Published value updated to £1,704,504
20 Aug 2026, 11:37 BST - Status changed to planning
20 Aug 2026, 11:37 BST - Official notice release published
20 Aug 2026, 11:37 BST - Buyer information updated
20 Aug 2026, 11:37 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedplanningPublished valueNot publishedThe source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Pipeline notice
24 Aug 2026, 11:34 BST - Procedure published
24 Aug 2026, 11:34 BST - engagement
4 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduledWorcestershire County Council (WCC) are seeking to identify whether there are suppliers able to provide furnished accommodation for either families with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) or Care Leavers (some who may have NRPF) in Worcester City, Kidderminster and Redditch Districts. WCC would look to block book up to 6 properties in the above areas for this cohort of people. We are in the first instance seeking feedback from suppliers through a preliminary market engagement questionnaire. Please complete the MS Forms questionnaire: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=hxj0rDe900WeZUfN5I3IWnsTta1v1JlAt7ReKvpcRl1UNVQ2WjhONFMwWFU2WUc5NE8wVzhaU1FGWC4u If you have any issues, please email procurement@worcestershire.gov.uk
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published |
ContractsNo contract published |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Worcestershire County Council
Contracting authority GB-PPON-PRPQ-4584-WLPQDocuments (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
- 24 Aug 2026, 11:34 BST
Related procedures (0)
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published |
No-engagement rationaleNot published |
Procedure rationaleNot published |