Official UK procurement notice
Rough Sleeping Outreach and Single Homelessness Navigation Support Service
Authority: Knowsley Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo provide a responsive outreach service to rough sleepers and respond to reports of rough sleeping across the Borough of Knowsley. To provide intensive and focused housing related navigation support to rough sleepers and single homeless people. To provide floating support to 26 (may increase) bed space within shared accommodation across 11 (may increase) properties that support former homeless people with low or medium-sized support needs across the Borough of Knowsley.
Interventions must support people to become tenancy ready or achieve a positive housing solution or sustain their shared housing, so that they have the confidence and skills to move on and sustain a tenancy independently.
The Service Provider must ensure that the service engages and coordinates with appropriate interventions from partner agencies such as (but not limited to) Adult Social Care, Children's Social Care, Community Mental Health Teams, Drug and Alcohol Agencies, Housing Solutions Service, GP's and other Health Services.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Sept 2031, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,450,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality including social value: 70%
- Total price and Price Sustainability question: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality including social value: 70% including social value
- Total price and Price Sustainability question: Including total price and price sustainability question
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- Yes · next expected 1 Sept 2031
- First published
- 1 Jul 2026, 17:56 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Aug 2026, 16:32 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 31 Jul 2026
- Authority reference
020912- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-061971- Accelerated
- Light touch contract
- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c1c9Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 22 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
1 Jul 2026 → 7 Sept 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published114 days ago1 Jul 2026, 17:56 BST
- Clarification questions by105 days ago10 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline93 days ago22 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by84 days ago31 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent59 days ago26 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published58 days ago26 Aug 2026, 16:32 BST
- Contract starts53 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends46 days ago7 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Jul 2026- Tender notice published1 Jul 2026, 17:56 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published26 Aug 2026, 16:32 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete26 Aug 2026, 16:32 BST
- Contract signature expected8 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Whitechapel CentreVCSE9 Sept 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2032Extensions: The Contract will be for an initial term of 31 months with option to extend for 36 months (with regards to the extension period the Council may increase contract in any required amounts e.g. 4 Months, 12 Months etc.) or when the contract value reaches £1.45m, whichever occurs first. The Authority does not guarantee any minimum spend, volume or award of work under this agreement. | £1,148,521 | 26 Aug 2026standstill to 7 Sept 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 1 | 1 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- THE WHITECHAPEL CENTREAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Please submit via https://www.the-chest.org.uk/ Opportunity ID: DN820915
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender