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title: "Housing Allocations and Homelessness Management Solution - Soft Market Testing"
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# Housing Allocations and Homelessness Management Solution - Soft Market Testing

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/housing-allocations-and-homelessness-management-solution-soft-market-testing-ocds-h6vhtk-0566c0). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** West Northamptonshire Council: "Housing Allocations and Homelessness Management Solution - Soft Market Testing". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [West Northamptonshire Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/west-northamptonshire-council-ons-e06000062)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Software package and information systems
- **Delivery Location:** UKF24
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/housing-allocations-and-homelessness-management-solution-soft-market-testing-ocds-h6vhtk-0566c0#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0566c0`

## 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/housing-allocations-and-homelessness-management-solution-soft-market-testing-ocds-h6vhtk-0566c0#tl-md)

## Description
WNC is inviting the industry to innovate and collaborate on a solution to manage our housing register, allocations and homelessness services to enable our capabilities related to supporting our residents with their housing needs.
The contracts for the both the current incumbent solutions ends on the 31st of March 2026.
WNC currently have approx 2,000 customers active on the housing register, with approximately 3,000 applications awaiting assessment.
Our incumbent Social Housing Management Solution is accessed by approximately 200 officers concurrently although this includes the landlord function. Our incumbent Homeless management solution is accessed by approximately 100 officers daily.
WNC has, on average, 450 homeless approaches per month and currently has around 1800 open homeless cases in spanning relief, approach, main duty and prevention.
There are currently up to 800 households placed in Temporary accommodation including placements in our own stock for which we would need to access rent accounts and process invoices.
The system also ensures that WNC holds and maintains all data in relation to customers, properties and tenancy agreements.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 48000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2030

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F047922-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-08-12T09:53:33.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-30T18:36:56.364Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0566c0