Notice Information
Notice Title
Single Homelessness Services Tender
Notice Description
Watford Borough Council is preparing to commission Single Homelessness Services namely: Housing First (Lot 1), Multi-disciplinary Outreach Service (Lot 2) and Integrated Support & Step-Down Service (Lot 3). It is anticipated that the tender will be published on 2nd January 2026 under section 9 of the Procurement Act 2023, Light Touch Contracts. Potential Providers should be aware of this upcoming opportunity. The Council will be using its e-tendering system (Delta) for the administration of this exercise and suppliers must register with the system to be able to download the Questionnaires document and to provide a response. If you wish to provide a response to this ONE, TWO or ALL questionnaires, please click the link to our Delta e-tendering portal. The deadline for responses is 12:00hrs (noon), 17th December 2025 which should be returned via Delta, our e-procurement platform messaging. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Watford:-Other-community%2C-social-and-personal-services./RHRVZ4QUQQ To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/RHRVZ4QUQQ
Planning Information
Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05efcd
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080196-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
98 - Other community, social and personal services
-
- CPV Codes
98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,340,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Dec 20252 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 17 Dec 20252 weeks to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 7 Dec 2025 - 17 Dec 2025 30 days
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Planning
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WATFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- anita.awuku@watford.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- 01923278345
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WATFORD
- Postcode
- WD17 3EX
- Post Town
- Watford
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH27 South West Hertfordshire
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Watford
- Electoral Ward
- Park
- Westminster Constituency
- Watford
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080196-2025
5th December 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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