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title: "Soft Market Testing for Provision of Floating Support Services for c.240 former Rough Sleepers"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/soft-market-testing-for-provision-of-floating-support-services-for-c-240-former-rough-slee-ocds-h6vhtk-029dd5"
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# Soft Market Testing for Provision of Floating Support Services for c.240 former Rough Sleepers

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/soft-market-testing-for-provision-of-floating-support-services-for-c-240-former-rough-slee-ocds-h6vhtk-029dd5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Peterborough City Council Incorporating Aragon Direct Services and Vivacity: "Soft Market Testing for Provision of Floating Support Services for c.240 former Rough Sleepers". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 6 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Peterborough City Council Incorporating Aragon Direct Services and Vivacity](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/peterborough-city-council-incorporating-aragon-direct-servic-GB-FTS-53)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 6 April 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Guidance and counselling services, Health and social work services, Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions
- **Delivery Location:** UKH11
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/soft-market-testing-for-provision-of-floating-support-services-for-c-240-former-rough-slee-ocds-h6vhtk-029dd5#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-029dd5`

## 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/soft-market-testing-for-provision-of-floating-support-services-for-c-240-former-rough-slee-ocds-h6vhtk-029dd5#tl-md)

## Description
Peterborough City Council wishes to gather information to gain a better understanding from the market, to inform consideration for future planning regarding short term and targeted support to former rough sleepers who are being housed in emergency and temporary accommodation settings to support them in the resettlement and transition to settled accommodation. 
The information gathered will enable informed decision making on how best to design this service in the future, to achieve desired outcomes and to gauge whether there is interest in the market to deliver this service for the council.
The feedback gathered from this Soft Market Testing questionnaire will constitute market consultation on the delivery of rough sleeper outreach services in Peterborough. This is the opportunity for service providers to feed into the decision making process and to inform the design of service specifications. 
The indicative budget to provide this service is estimated to be in the region of up to...

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000, 85312300, 85312400
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** Peterborough City Council wishes to gather information to gain a better understanding from the market, to inform consideration for future planning regarding short term and targeted support to former rough sleepers who are being housed in emergency an...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F005732-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-03-22T11:47:29.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T03:07:03.875Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-029dd5