Official UK procurement notice
Winter Night Shelter · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Medway Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMedway Council is seeking quotes from prospective suppliers for a Winter Night Shelter. Providing overnight refuge at premises where entry and egress can be controlled and location accessible to Medway residents. The premises must have facilities, toilets, etc for overnight stays, separate sleeping areas for males and females with bedding stored for each individual client and appropriate office space for overnight staff. The Contract is anticipated to commence on 01/12/2026 and will continue for a period of four calendar months for each of three years, closing on the 31/03 2027 and with the annual reopening on the same dates in 27/28 and 28/29.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at:
www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Chatha… ↗
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CPV: Accommodation services · Other community, social and personal services · Social work services with accommodation
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat 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 (3)
- Quality: 80%
- Price: 15%
- Cost: 5%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality: Technical Questions
- Price
- Cost: Social Value
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 5 Aug 2026, 14:51 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Aug 2026, 14:51 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-074266- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06dc95Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 26 Aug 2026, 13:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 17 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
5 Aug 2026 → 1 Dec 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published80 days ago5 Aug 2026, 14:51 BST
- Clarification questions by68 days ago17 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline59 days ago26 Aug 2026, 13:00 BST
- Today24 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 37 days1 Dec 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published5 Aug 2026, 14:51 BSTUK4
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