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# GMCA1982 Safe Transitions - New Community Guidance

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gmca1982-safe-transitions-new-community-guidance-ocds-h6vhtk-06a23c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Greater Manchester Combined Authority: "GMCA1982 Safe Transitions - New Community Guidance". Published status: complete. Published Value: £307,692. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 21 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST. 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:** £307,692 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 21 July 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £305,662 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 6 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gmca1982-safe-transitions-new-community-guidance-ocds-h6vhtk-06a23c#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06a23c`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/gmca1982-safe-transitions-new-community-guidance-ocds-h6vhtk-06a23c#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/gmca1982-safe-transitions-new-community-guidance-ocds-h6vhtk-06a23c#participate

## Description
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) intends to commission the Safe Transitions: New Community Guidance Project, designed to improve access to information, strengthen integration outcomes and reduce the risk of homelessness among newly granted refugees and other migrant communities across Greater Manchester.
Greater Manchester currently hosts over 8,500 people living in asylum support accommodation (June 2025). Evidence indicates that people with asylum backgrounds are disproportionately represented within homelessness and rough sleeping services, often due to limited understanding of UK systems, fragmented transition support and barriers to accessing housing, welfare and local services.
The proposed service will focus on three key areas of delivery.
Accessible Guidance Resources
Development of accessible, multilingual guidance resources in a range of formats, including written materials and multimedia content, covering rights, entitlements, healthcare, housing, public services and everyday life in Greater Manchester.
Information Briefings and Early Support
Delivery of regular information briefings within asylum accommodation and community settings to improve preparedness, wellbeing and engagement with support services.
System Engagement and Partnership Development
Collaborative work with local authorities, statutory agencies, VCFSE, and other partners to promote the guidance resources, support consistent messaging and strengthen support pathways for new residents.
The project aims to prevent homelessness, reduce pressure on public services, support independence and inclusion, and improve the consistency and accessibility of information available to refugees and other forced migrant communities. Delivery is expected to be trauma-informed, culturally competent, person-centred and shaped by lived experience.
Total contract value is £307,691.66, with delivery running from 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2029.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £307,692

- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2026 to 31/03/2029

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** GMCA1982 Safe Transitions - New Community Guidance (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **REFUGEE ACTION**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-177189`
  - Value: £305,662 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 20/08/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F059454-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-21T13:34:22.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T00:30:31.802Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06a23c