The Provision of Housing Support Services for Single People and Childless Couples who are Homeless and may have Complex Needs

CPV: Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services · Provision of services to the community

Staff

Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted

Shortlisting

Registration with the Care Inspectorate to be maintained throughout the duration of the Contract. The successful Tenderer must hold, or commit to obtain prior to the commencement of and duration of the Contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below: Employers Liability - 10 million GBP minimum (statutory), each and every claim; Public Liability - 10 million GBP minimum, each and every claim; Professional Indemnity - 100,000 GBP minimum, in the aggregate; There will be a requirement for statutory third party motor vehicle insurance to be evidenced if vehicles are used to deliver the service. This can either be by way of a valid MV certificate in the company name, OR, where there is no company fleet and employees use their own vehicles instead, a letter signed by a person of appropriate authority confirming that the Provider has ongoing arrangements in place to ensure that employees' vehicles are appropriately insured and maintained for business purposes.

Procedure method

Open procedure

Legal basis

CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)

Procurement category

Services

Notice status

Closed

Procurement threshold

Unspecified in notice

Regulatory regime

Standard

Commercial structure

Stand-alone contract (no framework)

Competition type

Competitive procedure

GPA / WTO covered

Unspecified in notice

Recurring procurement

Unspecified in notice

First published

18 Aug 2026, 15:33 BST

Last source update

18 Aug 2026, 15:33 BST

Authority reference

RC-CPU-25-278

FTS notice number

2026/S 000-078638

Classification (CPV)

Health and social work servicesOther community, social and personal servicesProvision of services to the community

Delivery area

Scotland (UKM83)

Official registry OCID

ocds-h6vhtk-06e6c2 Find a Tender

Publisher note: Full details of the exclusion and assessment criteria are detailed within the SPD and Invitation to Tender. Tenderers are required to: Complete the SPD to be concluded for the Contract. Complete a SPD by sub-contractors to be concluded for the Contract. Tenderers must provide its ("general") yearly turnover for the last 2 financial years. The Council will use Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) to assist in its determination of the organisation’s financial status and risk. The Council would expect Tenderers to have a minimum D&B Failure Score of 20, however failure to meet this Failure Score would not necessarily merit a ‘FAIL’ as the D&B Failure Score is only one factor used by the Council in assessing the acceptability or otherwise of a Tenderer’s financial status. The Council will take into account the Tenderer’s response to the SPD Part 1V Question 4B.1.1. Further information is contained within the Tender Documents. Comply with the Service Specification; Comply with the General Conditions of Contract and Special Conditions of Contract; Confirm if managerial staff and those delivering the service are registered with the SSSC; Confirm staff have been PVG checked. The contract may be modified in accordance with Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. The manner in which the Provider makes formal arrangements for the lease of the Premises will directly impact upon the Council and may result in higher costs to the Council. In respect of any subsidy shortfall however, while the Council cannot mandate how a Provider arranges their commercial business, the Council seeks to maximise the funds available to it to provide appropriate services and to allow maximum recovery, by the Council from the UK Government, of Housing Benefit paid for Service Users assessed as needing Housing Support Services. To assist the Council to maximise recovery of funds Tenderers would require to arrange that they are either (1) a Housing Association, a relevant body in accordance with Regulation 75H of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 as amended and enter into the occupancy arrangement (lease between themselves and the Service Users) or alternatively (2) contract with a third party who is a Housing Association and they would enter into lease arrangements with the Service Users and make separate contractual arrangements directly with the Tenderer. Tenderers should be aware, that Charities are also relevant bodies for the purpose of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, however arrangements made with a Charity would require to be referred to the Rent Officer who would set the amount recoverable, whereas Housing Association arrangements are not subject to this form of review which allows for greater recovery by the Council. Where the Tenderer chooses an alternative delivery model, which would reduce the subsidy recoverable by the Council in respect of the Housing Benefit paid in support of the Service Users, then the Council will add these additional costs to the Tenderer price submitted to reflect the full cost to the Council. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 32558. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: The Council is committed to maximising Community Benefits from its procurement activities in order to build economic, social or environmental conditions into the delivery of Council contracts. The Council’s expectation is that 50 Community Benefit Points (CBP) or more will be delivered under this Contract. Tenderers should refer to the Invitation to Tender for further information. (SC Ref:838429)

Submission deadline

29 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST

Submission channel

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Accepted languages

en

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