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WSCC Supported Accommodation and Housing Pathway (16-25yo)

Buyer: West Sussex County Council →

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BuyerWest Sussex County Council
StatusClosed
Deadline23 Mar 2026
Value£25,000,000
Published13 Feb 2026

What is being bought

West Sussex County Council is utilising a Competitive Flexible Procedure procurement under the Procurement Act 2023 to award multiple contracts (Light Touch) to successful Suppliers to deliver Contracts for countywide Supported Accommodation and Housing Pathway services for young people aged 16-25. The Service will provide safe accommodation and tailored support for young people in care, leaving care, or at risk of homelessness, helping them build independence, stability and positive life outcomes. Provision includes 24/7 fully staffed supported accommodation in key towns and flexible Transitional Housing across West Sussex. The current contract provision expires on the 30th of September 2026. The services have been redesigned to best suit the needs of West Sussex young people. The commissioning of these services is a collaboration between WSCC and the District and Boroughs. In order to provide these services, the supplier is required to be registered as a Social Landlord and, in addition to that, where the service is provided to young people under 18 years of age, OFSTED registration will be mandatory. Contracts will run for five years with options to extend up to a total Contract length of 9 years.

Delivery location

UKJ27, GB · UKJ28, GB

Categories

Social work and related services 85300000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£25,000,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Oct 2026 to 30 Sept 2031
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Technical Quality — Q1 - Organisation and Service level, 28% Q2 - Community of Practice, 5% Q3 - Mobilisation, 15% Q4 - Voice and Participation, 21% Q5 - Service Delivery, 21% Q6a - Social Value, 5% Q6b - Social Value, Climate Impacts and Carbon Reduction, 5% Total - 100%
Commercial Price — Price per Quality Point. The Price element of the Commercial Evaluation will be scored using the Price per Quality Point commercial scoring methodology. The Tenderers Weekly Total Cost Per Bed (from Appendix M - Pricing Schedule) be divided by the Tenderers Total Technical Quality Score (out of 100%), which will produce a Price per Quality Point score.

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Social work and related servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 85. The category anchor is Social work and related services (85300000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 8517,3621 median · 31.5 average (8,219 of 17,362 with a bid count)2 average (9,157 of 17,362 with named award suppliers)10 comparable price pairs
Same buyer13Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKJ2781 median · 5.5 average (4 of 8 with a bid count)5.5 average (4 of 8 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)3983.5 median · 440.1 average (10 of 398 with a bid count)8 average (10 of 398 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Indicative price outcome

£16,264,988 is the median lowest-valid-bid benchmark for the broad CPV market sample, against this procedure’s published value of £25,000,000.

This is a historical comparator, not a bid-price forecast or a guaranteed saving. It excludes records where the published values cannot be sensibly compared and does not adjust for lot structure, quality weighting, framework terms or scope.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimelightTouch
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsThe following potential risks have been identified: - Mobilisation risk due to time constraints. - Legislative changes, the Competitive Flexible Procedure is still relatively new to both the Council and the Tenderers. - Full Service coverage across West Sussex, the Services offered through this tender may not evenly distribute Services across key towns/areas/locations as required.

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-051f35
Latest release ID013624-2026
Latest release timestampFri Feb 13 2026 16:47:19 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013624-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-03-23T12:00:00Z
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-03-13T17:00:00Z
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-07-01T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailsTo view the tender documentation and submit a response please click on the following link to our e-tendering Portal and either Register or Login). https://atamis-7669.my.site.com/s/Welcome
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£25,000,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
13 Feb 2026tenderUpdate013624-2026
13 Feb 2026tender013504-2026
6 Oct 2025planning062634-2025
22 May 2025planning025302-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (4 releases)
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13 Feb 2026 · 013504-2026 · tender
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              "description": "Price per Quality Point.\nThe Price element of the Commercial Evaluation will be scored using the Price per Quality Point commercial scoring methodology. \nThe Tenderers Weekly Total Cost Per Bed (from Appendix M - Pricing Schedule) be divided by the Tenderers Total Technical Quality Score (out of 100%), which will produce a Price per Quality Point score."
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    "title": "WSCC Supported Accommodation and Housing Pathway (16-25yo)",
    "value": {
      "amount": 25000000,
      "currency": "GBP",
      "amountGross": 30000000
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    "documents": [
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        "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013504-2026",
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        "description": "Tender notice on Find a Tender",
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      "features": "The procurement will be conducted using a Competitive Flexible Procedure comprising four stages.\n- Stage 1: Suppliers will submit a Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ), Conditions of Participation, and a full Tender response.\n- Stage 2: Validation, including presentations and site visits, will be undertaken to verify and substantiate tender submissions.\n- Stage 3: Negotiation, negotiations may be conducted with one or more Suppliers to refine and clarify tender submissions, in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023.\n- Stage 4: Remaining Suppliers will be invited to submit a Best and Final Offer (BAFO).\nThe Council reserves the right to award the contract following Stage 2 without proceeding to negotiation or BAFO where a tender constitutes the Most Advantageous Tender once validated.\nThe Council may issue updated or refined procurement documents at any point before the relevant submission deadlines to reflect the current stage of the Competitive Flexible Procedure, any modifications to requirements, or new information arising during the process. \nFollowing contract award, and in accordance with Schedule 8 of the Procurement Act 2023, the Council may introduce modifications to the contract where permissible, including unforeseen modifications arising over the contract term.\nThe proposed services are based on current funding allocations and may be subject to adjustment during the lifetime of the contract in response to changes in local or central government funding.\nThe Contracting Authority is West Sussex County Council (WSCC), or any successor body that may assume WSCC's functions as a result of Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) or Devolution. Successor bodies may include (but are not limited to) a Local Authority, Combined Authority, Combined County Authority, Strategic Authority, or any entity established under relevant legislation.\nThe Parties acknowledge that organisational structures or responsibilities may change during the contract term, including through merger, reorganisation or abolition. In such cases:\n- WSCC may assign, novate or otherwise transfer its rights and obligations under the contract to a successor body.\n- The Provider must cooperate fully with any such transfer, including executing required documentation.\n- No compensation will be payable solely due to such reorganisation, and no adjustment to the Contract Price will be made unless expressly agreed by both parties.\nTo view the full Tender Documentation and submit a response please see the following link to Atamis, our e-tendering Portal and either Register or Login) - https://atamis-7669.my.site.com/s/Welcome"
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    "riskDetails": "The following potential risks have been identified:\n- Mobilisation risk due to time constraints.\n- Legislative changes, the Competitive Flexible Procedure is still relatively new to both the Council and the Tenderers.\n- Full Service coverage across West Sussex, the Services offered through this tender may not evenly distribute Services across key towns/areas/locations as required.",
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        "country": "GB",
        "locality": "Chichester",
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6 Oct 2025 · 062634-2025 · planning
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    "description": "West Sussex County Council (WSCC) would like to engage with suppliers prior to a procurement which will commence in January 2026 for the requirement of providing a Supported Accommodation Housing Pathway to 16–25-year-olds. This notice IS NOT the commencement of the procurement procedure, neither is it a call for expressions of interest. This notice is released to gather more information to further inform our specification and to alert the market about a Supplier event on 29 October 2025. A separate notice and information will be provided when the actual procurement exercise starts in January 2026. The current contracts expire on 30 September 2026. We plan for the mobilisation to start in or around April 2026. The services are being redesigned and the WSCC are looking to engage with the market to help to understand the interest to bid for the services. The commission is a collaboration between WSCC and District and Boroughs. Please note that the estimated total value in this notice is subject to several governance processes among the partners. West Sussex County Council would like to invite Suppliers to join us at a Supplier Engagement Event (virtual, via Microsoft Teams) on 29 October 2025 at 2.00- 3.00pm, therefore if you would like to attend, please email strategic.housingCYPL@westsussex.gov.uk with ‘SA Supplier Event’ in the subject line, and in the email tell us your name, your organisation and your email address, and we will send you an invitation to the event closer the time. We would encourage an early registration for the event, so we get an overview of the numbers and prepare accordingly. A previous Supplier event was held on 11 September 2024. The Supplier event and the future procurement early next year are targeted at suppliers who could provide Supported Accommodation services and a Housing Pathway in West Sussex for 16–25-year-old young people in order to prevent the risk of homeless, reduce health inequalities and maximise opportunities to access education and employment. In order to provide these services, the supplier is required to be registered as a Social Landlord and, in addition to that, where the service is provided to young people under 18 years of age, Ofsted registration will be mandatory.",
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        "id": "062634-2025",
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22 May 2025 · 025302-2025 · planning
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  "date": "2025-05-22T16:51:50+01:00",
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    "title": "Supported Accommodation Housing Pathway (16-25yrs).",
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