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Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Contract - West London Floating Support Service

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

13 Apr 2026 at 10:40

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Planning

13 Aug 2025 at 10:05

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is leading a procurement process for a critical initiative titled "Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Contract - West London Floating Support Service." This process involves multiple boroughs, including Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, and Kensington and Chelsea itself. The procurement is at the Award stage as of 13th April 2026. The awarded contract, signed on 31st March 2026, supports former rough sleepers with services beginning from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2027. This emergency contract aims to provide essential services, ensuring continuous support for individuals transitioning from homelessness, funded by a one-off grant due to pending longer-term financing. Services span across various West London regions, falling under the services category for health and social work.

This procurement presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in social services, particularly those experienced in supporting individuals with low to medium needs in independent living settings. It is an attractive proposition for businesses that can operate across several boroughs offering flexible, demand-driven support while maintaining a strong partnership network. There is potential for market expansion as suppliers will need to demonstrate robust capabilities in delivering personalised support, such as education in tenancy obligations and improving access to healthcare and employment. The process is aligned with the West London Housing Partnership's goals of reducing homelessness, thus opening doors for firms with a strong record in similar housing support services to play a pivotal role in community well-being and develop their footprint in public sector contracts.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Contract - West London Floating Support Service

Notice Description

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, on behalf of the West London Housing Partnership, has awarded this contract for the provision support services for former rough sleepers. It is a core service necessary for the prevention of rough sleeping across the West London boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC). This contract has been put in place to deliver specialist direct support to former rough sleepers or individuals with an extensive history of homelessness that have recently accepted an offer of private rented or social housing. The direct award, for a period of 12 months was required on urgency grounds to ensure that there is no loss of service and associated critical infrastructure, funded by a one-off top up grant. This is due to uncertainty around the longer term funding arrangements. This Contract is below the Light Touch Threshold.

Planning Information

Engagement process description: Providers are required to submit responses to the enclosed questionnaire by the Engagement Deadline (08/09/2025). If the Authority wishes to conduct meetings with suitable responders, these will be undertaken throughout September 2025. It is anticipated the Tender Notice will be published in October/November 2025.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0586b9
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033134-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - unknown
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

98 - Other community, social and personal services

CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

98341000 - Accommodation services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£651,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£175,242 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
13 Apr 20264 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
8 Sep 2025Expired
Award Date
31 Mar 20264 months ago
Contract Period
1 Apr 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Additional Buyers

London Borough of Brent

London Borough of Ealing

London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham

London Borough of Harrow

London Borough of Hillingdon

London Borough of Hounslow

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BRENT
Postcode
W8 7NX
Postcode Area
West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI33 Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham
Delivery Location
TLI33 Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham, TLI72 Brent, TLI73 Ealing, TLI74 Harrow and Hillingdon, TLI75 Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames
Local Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Electoral Ward
Campden
Westminster Constituency
Kensington and Bayswater

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

DEPAUL UK

Further Information

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