Official UK procurement notice
Specialist Safe, Supported Accommodation for Young Women Aged 16 to 25 Affected by Abuse
Authority: Sheffield City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSheffield City Council is commissioning a service to provide safe, supported accommodation for young women aged 16 to 25 affected by abuse, including all forms of sexual abuse and domestic abuse. The Council wishes to commission a service that provides a safe, stable and nurturing home (short to medium term) for vulnerable young women, alongside compassionate, trauma-informed therapy and support. The purpose of the service is to create the conditions in which young women and their children are supported to recover from their experiences of abuse and are then able to move on to live independent lives in the community. Young women will be safer and will be able to exercise choice, maintain stable accommodation, develop practical and relational skills, and will be supported to build a future for themselves and, where relevant, their children.
CPV: Social work and related services · Social work services with accommodation
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£1,305,600
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).
- Quality: 1) Service Model 20% 2) Safeguarding 10% 3) Accommodation Model 10% 4) Support Planning 15% 5) Workforce Leadership 10% 6) Co-production 5% 7) Equality and Diversity 10% 8) Continuous Improvement 10% 9) Social Value 10%
- Price: Price: Pass / Fail
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £372,743 (twice the annual value).
Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Sheffield City Council buys Social work services (CPV 8531), and who usually turns up
Sheffield City Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Social work services (CPV 8531) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Yorkshire and the Humber.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 33 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
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How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid29% / 49%
2–348% / 22%
4–624% / 22%
7+0% / 7%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate50% / 14%
Within ±2%50% / 86%
Above estimate0% / 0%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1CPV 85Published estimate£1.3m
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 85. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid33%
2–331%
4–615%
7+21%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 36 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£1.2m–£1.3m
Estimate£1.3m
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Salvation Army Trustee Company(The)Earlier contract | Supported Accommodation for Single Homeless Womenstarted Oct 2025 | — | £1.2m | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Voyage LimitedWorked for this buyer | Enhanced Supported Living Frameworknotice published Mar 2023 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Choice SupportWorked for this buyer | Enhanced Supported Living Frameworknotice published Mar 2023 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Affinity TrustWorked for this buyer | Enhanced Supported Living Frameworknotice published Mar 2023 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Lifeways Community Care LimitedWorked for this buyer | Enhanced Supported Living Frameworknotice published Mar 2023 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
Turning PointLarge | £212m18 awards in 36m · last this month | 6 live · £191m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=6 |
| £17m10 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 4 live · £1.2m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=3 | |
| £6.6m13 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 5 live · £307m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 | |
Royal Mencap SocietyLarge | £127m15 awards in 36m · last 11 months ago | 8 live · £313m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
| £2.2m6 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago | 1 live · £3.0m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
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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
- Open for tender
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 Oct 2026, 20:04 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Oct 2026, 20:04 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 21 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
CT15- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-101797- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0791cdFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via EU-Supply (CTM)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 27 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 9 Nov 2026, 23:55 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
27 Oct 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published19h ago27 Oct 2026, 20:04 GMT
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 12 days9 Nov 2026, 23:55 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 29 days27 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 54 days21 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 154 days1 Apr 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published27 Oct 2026, 20:04 GMTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender