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Preliminary Market Engagement for Housing Related Accommodation Based Support for Homeless Households

Other community
social and personal services
East Midlands (UKF21)
Published value
£15,000,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Leicester City Council: "Preliminary Market Engagement for Housing Related Accommodation Based Support for Homeless Households". Published status: planned. Published value: £15,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityLeicester City CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planned
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£15,000,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Leicester City Council
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Leicester City Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
7.3Bids / Report
7.7% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Alzheimer's SocietyTop vendor: 66.9% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 121 active published awards; 13 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Alzheimer's Society2 wins£2,656,114
INTUITIVE THINKING SKILLS LTD1 win£437,125
Personnel Checks t/a Taxi Plus1 win£387,964
Inclusion Healthcare Social Enterprise CIC1 win£282,989
Heads Up Leicester Limited1 win£119,739
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityLeicester City Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanned
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published13 May 2026, 09:58 BST
Last source update13 May 2026, 09:58 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationOther community, social and personal services
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF21)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-068ad2
What is being bought
THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION Leicester City Council (‘the Council”) is preparing to establish a Contract for Families and Singles Temporary Accommodation Services. This Procurement will be split into 2 Lots: Lot 1 – Families support package - The Council has had capital funding to purchase 2-3 bed family homes to be used as temporary accommodation for families who are homeless. This requirement is for a suitable Supplier to provide accommodation-based housing support services from the Council-owned building. They must enter into property agreement with the Council, including payment of market rent and to fully furnish and decorate and maintain the properties for suitable use as temporary accommodation. Lot 2 – Singles support package - The Council has statutory duties to provide temporary accommodation for eligible households. The Council requires a range of support options for singles/childless couples who have complex needs who it can be hard to place in appropriate accommodation and requires an experienced provider who can successfully deliver this service. Total value (estimated) £15,000,000 excluding VAT £18,000,000 including VAT Contract term (estimated) 6 years, 11 months, 27 days We are conducting this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) to: • Inform the market of our intentions. • Seek feedback on the proposed scope and lot structure. • Test supplier appetite
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    13 May 2026, 09:58 BST
  2. Published value updated to £15,000,000
    24 Apr 2026, 14:44 BST
  3. Status changed to planned
    24 Apr 2026, 14:44 BST
  4. Official notice release published
    24 Apr 2026, 14:44 BST
  5. Buyer information updated
    24 Apr 2026, 14:44 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planned
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    13 May 2026, 09:58 BST
  2. Procedure published
    13 May 2026, 09:58 BST
  3. engagement
    1 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    Leicester City Council (LCC) is undertaking a pre-market engagement exercise (PME) to gather information, ascertain the level of interest, develop an appropriate specification and determine the procurement approach the Authority may take to appoint new service providers. Suppliers shall note that this Pre Market Engagement Exercise (PME) is not a call for competition and responding to this advert, does not constitute a formal tender or result in the letting of a Contract. This PME process is being utilised to gauge interest and options. The Authority welcomes the opportunity to engage with Suppliers and appreciates your assistance in providing us with your views. However, Suppliers shall note that the Authority will have to comply with its legal obligations in any ensuing procurement exercise and that neither the intention nor the purpose of this PME is to confer any commercial advantage upon its participants. Further information about this exercise can be found in the PME documentation. Submissions must be received by 01 June 2026 at the very latest via the EastMidsTenders portal: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=0cc05445-124e-f111-813c-005056b64545&p=527b4bbd-5c58-e511-80ef-000c29c9ba21 Late submissions and those received by any other means will not be accepted. Any queries/questions regarding this opportunity must be received via the ProContract portal only. To assist potential Suppliers, the link, https://supplierhelp.due-north.com/ provides helpful user guides on using the ProContract portal. Furthermore, Suppliers will be required to register on the Central Digital Platform (a Find a Tender service) in any future tendering exercise. To assist prospective Suppliers, Cabinet Office have published video guides with accompanying PDF user manuals which will help Suppliers understand and navigate the platform, including how to register, upload organisational information and search and bid for opportunities. Please click on the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/information-and-guidance-for-suppliers
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Leicester City Council

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PXRT-5737-VBQD
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Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
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No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published