Official UK procurement notice
Homelessness System Review · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Cambridge City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis procurement exercise is being run by Cambridge City Council. Evaluation of all submissions, all appointments of suppliers, and management of any awarded contract will be by the commissioning Council. At the award of this contract a named contract manager will be given to the supplier, and they will be responsible for the management of this contract through to its conclusion.
The work relates to Cambridge City Council's duty under the Homelessness Act 2002 to have in place a homelessness strategy based on a review of all forms of homelessness in its district. Its current Homelessness Strategy cover the period 2021 to 2026. Consequently, the City Council is running a procurement exercise to contract out:
- A review of homelessness in its district
and, depending on the how well the contractor has met the City Council's expectations in carrying out the review and, if applicable, the submission of a final quotation for (please note this is not a promise of work at this stage):
- The drafting of a homelessness and rough sleeping strategy for the period 2026 - 2031
- Support to initiate the implementation of key findings from the review as reflected in the new strategy
CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£130,000
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).
Lot awarding rule: Quality = 70% Price = 30%
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Jun 2025, 11:25 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Jun 2025, 11:25 BST
- Authority reference
DN778413- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-032207- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054857Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 14 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 7 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
13 Jun 2025 → 18 Aug 2025 · 4 dates- Tender notice published13 Jun 2025, 11:25 BST
- Clarification questions by7 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline14 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts18 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published13 Jun 2025, 11:25 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=470fcaba-3448-f011-8138-005056b64545&fromProjectDashboard=True
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender