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title: "GMCA 1386 - Greater Manchester Housing First and Rough Sleepers Accommodation Programme"
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# GMCA 1386 - Greater Manchester Housing First and Rough Sleepers Accommodation Programme

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gmca-1386-greater-manchester-housing-first-and-rough-sleepers-accommodation-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-04e77f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Greater Manchester Combined Authority: "GMCA 1386 - Greater Manchester Housing First and Rough Sleepers Accommodation Programme". Published status: complete. Published Value: £12,806,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 28 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.the-chest.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Greater Manchester Combined Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/greater-manchester-combined-authority-ons-e47000001)
- **Published Value:** £12,806,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 28 March 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services, Other community, social and personal services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £12,803,605 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04e77f`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gmca-1386-greater-manchester-housing-first-and-rough-sleepers-accommodation-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-04e77f#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [the-chest.org.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-chest.org.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gmca-1386-greater-manchester-housing-first-and-rough-sleepers-accommodation-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-04e77f#participate

## Description
In 2019 the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) commissioned programme of three pilots with Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Liverpool City Region and West Midlands Combined to pilot the large-scale delivery of Housing First in England.
The service is for people who have multiple and complex needs who have experienced long term recurrent periods of homelessness and exclusion from services leading to them having difficulties in finding and sustaining suitable accommodation.
The pilot has now been delivered for 6 years supporting 568 people to date across the 10 Greater Manchester Local Authorities. GMCA were successful in competitive bidding processes to secure Rough Sleeper Accommodation Programme (RSAP) properties across Greater Manchester, there will be a maximum of 58 properties in this contract.
This tender was to procure a Housing First and RSAP services for a further 12 months (with option to extend for 3x12 months period) to continue to support those individuals on the programmes including housing those that are yet to secure a permanent offer of accommodation.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £12,806,000
- **Description:** - Housing First Programme
Housing First is an innovative approach that prioritises providing stable, permanent housing to individuals experiencing prolonged homelessness and co-occurring conditions.
The core principle of Housing First is that housing...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Greater Manchester Housing First and Rough Sleepers Accommodation Programme (active)
  - Award id: `036704-2025-GMCA 1386-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Great Places Housing Association (GPHA)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-6271`
  - Value: £12,803,605 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Greater Manchester Housing First and Rough Sleepers Accommodation Programme (active)
  - Signed Value: £12,803,605
  - Signed Date: 12/06/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F036704-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-02T10:29:38.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T13:44:28.216Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04e77f