Official UK procurement notice
Market Engagement Opportunity: Supported Accommodation for People with Complex Needs
Authority: Westmorland and Furness Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Council is seeking to engage with providers that can deliver high-quality supported accommodation for people experiencing homelessness, rough sleeping, and multiple disadvantages.
Our aim is to ensure that individuals with complex needs have:
• Access to person-centred supported accommodation that enables them to develop the skills and stability needed to access and sustain future tenancies.
• Clear and effective pathways into settled, unsupported accommodation.
• Access to partner agencies and specialist services that support recovery, independence, wellbeing, and progression, while reducing the risk of future homelessness.
The information that you may provide is for information purposes only and will be used to understand the market and inform the development of any future procurement.
Please see attached details in the Market Engagement Opportunity Document. We would appreciate suppliers taking the time to read the document and complete and provide The Market Engagement Response Document. Only information provided in this document will be reviewed.
Please send completed responses via The Chest messaging system by the closing date of 14:00 on 6 October 2026.
CPV: Social work services with accommodation
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Planned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 21 Sept 2026, 10:59 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Sept 2026, 10:59 BST
- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077629
How it was run
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
3 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice published2 days ago21 Sept 2026, 10:59 BST
- Market engagementin 13 days7 Oct 2026, 00:59 BST
The Council is seeking to engage with providers that can deliver high-quality supported accommodation for people experiencing homelessness, rough sleeping, and multiple disadvantages. Our aim is to ensure that individuals with complex needs have: • Access to person-centred supported accommodation more…
that enables them to develop the skills and stability needed to access and sustain future tenancies. • Clear and effective pathways into settled, unsupported accommodation. • Access to partner agencies and specialist services that support recovery, independence, wellbeing, and progression, while reducing the risk of future homelessness. The information that you may provide is for information purposes only and will be used to understand the market and inform the development of any future procurement. Please see attached details in the Market Engagement Opportunity Document. We would appreciate suppliers taking the time to read the document and complete and provide The Market Engagement Response Document. Only information provided in this document will be reviewed. Please send completed responses via The Chest messaging system by the closing date of 14:00 on 6 October 2026. - Contract startsin 99 days1 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published21 Sept 2026, 10:59 BSTUK2
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender