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Camden Rough Sleeping Hub

London Borough of Camden

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Tender

01 Sep 2026 at 17:14

UK4 - Tender Notice
Planning

01 Jul 2026 at 16:22

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

23 May 2025 at 12:51

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The London Borough of Camden is procuring a rough sleeping hub service in Camden, London. The service will provide mixed-gender accommodation and immediate safe shelter for people verified as sleeping rough in the borough. It is intended to help residents engage with health and wellbeing support, financial resilience services and move-on arrangements, creating a route away from rough sleeping and towards stable accommodation, including Camden’s Adult Pathway. The hub will provide low-threshold access to bedspaces so people can leave the streets quickly. Referrals will primarily come from Camden’s Outreach Service. The service must operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and provide at least 16 bedspaces. The procurement is for social work services with accommodation (CPV 85311000).

The process has reached tender: Camden invited offers through a single lot under an open procedure. The enquiry deadline is 25 September 2026 at 12:00, and the tender submission deadline is 2 October 2026 at 12:00. The award decision is due by 16 November 2026 at 23:59. The contract is scheduled to run from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2032. Its estimated value is £3,355,943 excluding VAT, or £4,027,131.60 including VAT. Evaluation will be based on quality, weighted at 65%, and price, weighted at 35%. Economic and technical selection requirements are set out in the tender documentation. Electronic submission is allowed and offers must be submitted in English through the specified e-tendering portal.

This opportunity suits organisations able to deliver supported accommodation and homelessness services for people sleeping rough. Strong bidders will need the operational capability to provide safe, immediate, low-threshold access to accommodation, manage at least 16 bedspaces and maintain continuous service delivery. Relevant experience should include working with people experiencing rough sleeping, coordinating referrals from outreach teams, and supporting engagement with health, wellbeing and financial resilience services. Suppliers should also be able to help residents move into stable accommodation, including adult pathways, while managing short stays and different support needs, including people with no recourse to public funds. The requirement is identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises, making it relevant to specialist charities, social enterprises, housing providers and experienced supported-accommodation operators.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Camden Rough Sleeping Hub

Notice Description

The Camden Rough Sleeping Hub provides mixed gender accommodation for people rough sleeping in Camden. The council intends to commission a service to provide immediate safe shelter for people verified as sleeping rough in the borough and to ensure they engage positively with service offers, such as health & wellbeing, financial resilience and move on, to provide a route away from rough sleeping. The current contract is fully funded through a grant from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The primary aim of the RSH is support the reduction of rough sleeping across Camden by supporting moves into stable accommodation, including Camden's Adult Pathway. The service is delivered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The service provides low threshold access to bedspaces so people can move off the streets rapidly. Move on time is targeted at up to 28 days (3 months for people with No Recourse to Public Funds). Referrals primarily come from Camden's Outreach Service. Camden is seeking a minimum of 16 bedspaces for this service

Planning Information

The Council wishes to undertake a market engagement online event in relation to the possible re-commissioning of this service, and therefore would welcome responses from suppliers that would like to participate. Interested suppliers will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to this soft market testing and a response to this notice does not guarantee any invitation to participate in any future public procurement process that the Council may conduct. This notice does not constitute a call for competition to procure any services for the Council and the Council is not bound to accept any proposals offered. The Council is not liable for any costs, fees or expenses incurred by any party participating in the soft market testing exercise. Any procurement of any services by the Council in due course will be carried out strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023. Any information provided will not be treated as commercially confidential, unless expressed by the providing party, and may be used by the Council in the final service specifications used for the contracts, but no organisation will be individually identified. We are looking to host a market engagement session via Microsoft Teams on 14th July 2026 from 10am to 11am. If you would like to attend the event, please submit your interest via email to Michael.Sargeant@camden.gov.uk

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-052255
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082856-2026
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Planning, Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK4 - Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85311000 - Social work services with accommodation

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£3,355,943 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£3,355,943 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Sep 2026Today
Submission Deadline
2 Oct 20261 months to go
Future Notice Date
7 Sep 20265 days to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Apr 2027 - 31 Mar 2032 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
London Borough of Camden
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
N1C 4AG
Postcode Area
North London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI36 Camden
Delivery Location
TLI31 Camden and City of London
Local Authority
Camden
Electoral Ward
King's Cross
Westminster Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras

Further Information

Notice Documents

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