Official UK procurement notice
PAN3663 - Single Homeless Support Services & Supported Accommodation
Authority: Leicester City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupport for individuals who are in need of housing-related support in a supported housing. The funding is primarily focussed on single homelessness prevention and relief to support a reduction in rough sleeping, but with some degree of flexibility to support other vulnerable groups where necessary. To help people sustain their accommodation, build independence, and access the additional support they may need as they move on from homelessness services. Many individuals moving into independent living continue to face significant challenges and may require ongoing practical, social, or wellbeing support.
CPV: Health and social work services
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
- Light touch regime
- 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
- 5 Oct 2026, 15:25 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Oct 2026, 15:25 BST
- Authority reference
PAN3663- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0780f0
How it was run
- Submission deadline
- —
Timeline
4 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice publishedjust passed5 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST
- Market engagementin 11 days16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Leicester City Council ('the Council') would like to seek expressions of interest from organisations that feel they could provide meaningful support to this cohort. The work we can do together will make a direct contribution to the Government's national ambition to end homelessness and halve rough more…
sleeping by the end of this Parliament. This makes it an incredibly exciting and meaningful opportunity to be part of a service that is helping to deliver real and lasting change for some of the most vulnerable people in our communities. I take this opportunity to thank all partner organisations for their continued support to people experiencing homelessness and your efforts are making a genuine difference to people's lives, your professionalism, compassion, and perseverance are greatly appreciated and are fundamental to achieving our shared goals. Preference to be given to accommodation-based support proposals. If this funding is not fully utilised this may be used to fund 'successful' proposals submitted for lot 1 & 2. This project will be divided into the below Lots: - Lot 1: Generic resettlement support (not tied to accommodation). - Lot 2: Specialised resettlement support services (for women/minority ethnic communities, refugees & migrants/young people/peer support). - Lot 3: Accommodation-based housing related support. This soft market testing exercise is intended to inform the development of a future procurement strategy and does not constitute a formal tender process. At this stage, it is a Pre-Market Engagement only and Not A CALL FOR COMPETITION. Pre-Market Engagement questionnaire can be accessed in the link below: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/JXgvdf1ZNT - Tender notice expectedin 29 days3 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 118 days1 Feb 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
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Oct 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published5 Oct 2026, 15:25 BSTUK2
- Pipeline notice published5 Oct 2026, 15:00 BSTUK1
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender