Notice Information
Notice Title
West London Somewhere Safe to Stay Service Contract
Notice Description
The West London Somewhere Safe to Stay (SSTS) is a 34-bed short term assessment hub. It is a core service necessary for the prevention and relief of homelessness and rough sleeping across the West London subregion. The service has had great outcomes and prevents or relieves homelessness for over 200 people per year. The proposed award for a period of 12 months is required on economic, technical and urgency grounds to ensure that there is no loss of service and associated critical infrastructure.
Procurement Information
Through the Fairer Funding Review, the MHCLG have proposed plans to consolidate multiple homelessness and rough sleeping grants into one Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Grant allocated through a needs-based formula. For single homelessness/rough sleeping funding, this represents a big shift for boroughs and sub-regions from separate funding pots into one combined grant to deliver specific outputs. The funding was only announced at the end of December 2025 resulting in the Authority not having enough time to conduct a competitive procurement procedure with the current contract coming to an end on the 31st March 2026. This combined with the uncertainty on how the funding reform will affect subregional funding and commissioning means an interim arrangement through the direct award of the contract for a 12 month period is required to avoid any loss of service and associated critical infrastructure, which would likely lead to an increase in rough sleeping due to reduced short-term accommodation provisions. If longer term funding is secured, the Authority intends to carry out a procurement exercise in the future.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-061244
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011757-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
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
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £704,196 £500K-£1M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Feb 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 26 Jan 20264 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@brent.gov.uk, procurement@ealing.gov.uk, procurement@harrow.gov.uk, procurement@hillingdon.gov.uk, procurement@hounslow.gov.uk, procurement@lbhf.gov.uk, procurement@rbkc.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- W8 7NX
- Post Town
- West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI7 Outer London - West and North West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI75 Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Hounslow
- Electoral Ward
- Hounslow West
- Westminster Constituency
- Feltham and Heston
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011757-2026
10th February 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008148-2026
29th January 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
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