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Regional Care Cooperative - Supported Accommodation

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

Tender

01 Oct 2026 at 15:52

UK4 - Tender Notice
Planning

14 Apr 2026 at 16:49

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
PlanningUpdate

24 Mar 2026 at 09:24

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Planning

23 Mar 2026 at 16:06

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Greater Manchester Combined Authority is procuring supported accommodation and related support for young people aged 16–17 leaving care and care-experienced young people moving towards adulthood. The region-wide service is intended to provide safe, stable placements and coordinated support. Five complementary service areas are covered: 24-hour building-based accommodation and transition planning; floating support to sustain tenancies and build community connections; emotional, mental health and relationship support; life skills, housing readiness, education, training and employment support; and complex safeguarding relating to offending and criminal or sexual exploitation. Providers supporting the same young person are expected to work together to deliver a coordinated pathway. Delivery is across Greater Manchester, for the Combined Authority and participating local councils. This is social work and supported accommodation provision (CPV 85311000).

The buyer invited offers through a competitive flexible procedure, with a multi-provider open framework and direct-award call-offs. Bids are limited to one lot per supplier. The framework is planned to run from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2035. The estimated total value is £20 million excluding VAT (£24 million including VAT). Lot 1, building-based support, is valued at £12.1 million excluding VAT; each of the other four lots is valued at £1.975 million excluding VAT. Enquiries were due by 10 November 2026 at 23:59, and tenders by 20 November 2026 at 12:00. Evaluation for every lot weights technical written questions at 55%, interview and presentation at 30%, and price at 15%. The procedure also describes a pass/fail supplier questionnaire, financial assessment, and a scenario-based presentation involving a young people’s panel.

The opportunity suits providers able to deliver specialist support for care-experienced young people, with small and medium-sized businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises identified as suitable for all five lots. Choose one lot that matches your expertise, workforce, partnerships, delivery model and ability to meet its full requirements. The building-based lot requires capacity for 24-hour accommodation, transition and step-down planning, and coordination with other providers. Other lots call for strengths in tenancy sustainment and community integration; emotional and mental health support; practical life skills, housing, education, training and employment; or safeguarding young people affected by offending and exploitation. Providers should be prepared to collaborate across service areas under a shared framework agreement and deliver joined-up support. Technical quality carries substantially more weight than price, and shortlisted bidders face an interview and scenario presentation, including questions from a young people’s panel. No particular accreditation is set out.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Regional Care Cooperative - Supported Accommodation

Notice Description

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Regional Care Cooperative (RCC) is developing a new, region wide approach to supported accommodation for children transitioning out of care aged 16 - 17 and care experienced young people. The RCC has been established to strengthen sufficiency, improve outcomes and develop a more ethical and purpose driven care market across the region. Ensuring young people leaving care have safe and supported environments as they prepare for adulthood. The supported accommodation market is comprised of a range of providers and commissioning arrangements, and service delivery approaches vary across localities. Engagement with young people and sector stakeholders, alongside data analysis and market insight, indicates that experiences of support and placement stability can be inconsistent and that young people often face challenges when moving into adulthood. The RCC has identified a benefit in a regionally coordinated approach that enables innovation in the sector to design a new supported accommodation and settling in model. This procurement forms part of the RCC's wider programme of work to support market sustainability and capacity, strengthen regional planning, and increase the availability of provision that meets current needs and outcomes for young people. The RCC intends to establish a multi provider open framework through a Competitive Flexible Procedure. The approach to commissioning and procurement designed thus far aims to ensure accessibility for all eligible providers. The framework comprises five complementary lots covering accommodation-based support, community-based move-on support, emotional health and wellbeing, life skills and opportunities, and complex safeguarding. Providers may submit a bid for one lot only and should therefore consider carefully which lot best aligns with their expertise, workforce, partnerships, delivery model and ability to meet the full requirements of that offer. Where more than one lot supports a young person, providers must work together through the Collaboration Agreement to deliver one coordinated pathway rather than separate services. 1) Lot 1: Building-Based Support PS12.1 million Core 24-hour Building-Based Supported Accommodation Transitional Support and Step-Down Planning Provider Collaboration and Coordination 2) Lot 2: Moving On Support PS1.975 million Floating Community-Based Support Long Term Interdependence - Sustaining Tenancies, Community Integration, Lasting Connections 3) Lot 3: Emotional Health and Wellbeing PS1.975 million Emotional Support and Wellbeing Mental Health Support Relationship Support 4) Lot 4: Life Skills and Opportunities PS1.975 million Financial and Digital Literacy Tenancy Readiness and Housing Meaningful Use of Time Rights, Entitlements and Navigation Employment and Training Employer and Provider Partnerships 5) Lot 5: Complex Safeguarding PS1.975 million Re-offending/ Offending Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) The Tender pack can be found on The Chest procurement portal

Lot Information

Lot 1: Building-Based Support

Services to be provided under this lot include Core 24-hour Building-Based Supported Accommodation Transitional Support and Step-Down Planning Provider Collaboration and Coordination

Moving On Support

Services under this lot include Floating Community-Based Support Long Term Interdependence - Sustaining Tenancies, Community Integration, Lasting Connections

Lot 3: Emotional Health and Wellbeing

Services under this lot include Emotional Support and Wellbeing Mental Health Support Relationship Support

Life Skills and Opportunities

Services included under this lot are as follows Tenancy Readiness and Housing Meaningful Use of Time Rights, Entitlements and Navigation Employment and Training Employer and Provider Partnerships

Lot 5: Complex Safeguarding

Services to be undertaken under this lot include Re-offending/ Offending Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)

Planning Information

Intensive engagement and codesign with the market and its stakeholders will begin at the end of April and take place over 4 weeks. a. On the 30th April at 11:00 the RCC will host a pre-engagement webinar for interested providers and stakeholders to attend and hear more about the approach. This will assist in determining whether parties would like to be involved in the codesign sessions. Following this there will be 2 in person codesign sessions per week focusing on a key area the RCC is looking to coproduce. Key areas and prospective dates are outlined below. Further information confirming locations and timings will be shared via The Chest. b. Procurement Process - Engagement events 5th May and 7th May c. Service Design and Property - Engagement events 12th May and 14th May d. Service Design and Property - Engagement events 19th May and 21st May If further in person or on online events are needed during the PME period, a notification will be shared through the Chest. Attendance of the codesign sessions outlined is strongly recommended, however, if representatives cannot attend for whatever reason, further information will be shared through the Chest with regards to a survey or template to return. To register for the PME webinar and codesign sessions please follow the link below to the Chest. Registration must be via the messaging section on the Chest listing your name, job title, organisation, e-mail address and which session would you like to attend. https://www.the-chest.org.uk/ Project reference - DN812920 The RCC will run a Competitive Flexible Procedure with an intensive pre-procurement preliminary market engagement period. Flowing from this will be the procurement window. During the pre-procurement Preliminary Market Engagement period intensive codesign events will take place focusing on three key areas. o Structured codesign events shaping the procurement - service design, social value approach, framework collaboration agreement, evaluation criteria, qualities we must see, and quality assurance expectations. o Structured codesign events shaping the service design and shaping property acquisition - using a service concept as a foundation to explore what an innovative and outcome led model needs to do. Then ensuring that our property search meets the requirements of the service design. • A Participation Pack will be shared ahead of the sessions outlining the codesign process and what participants need to be prepared to bring. During the procurement process Elements of the procurement process are to be defined during the codesign window but are likely to include multiple dialogue, clarification and evaluation stages, focusing on quality, purpose, values, relational practice, community embeddedness and financial sustainability.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0671c7
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092987-2026
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Planning, Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK4 - Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible 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
£20,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£20,000,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Oct 20265 days ago
Submission Deadline
20 Nov 20262 months to go
Future Notice Date
30 Jun 2026Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Apr 2027 - 31 Mar 2035 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
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
MANCHESTER
Postcode
M1 6EU
Postcode Area
Manchester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD3 Greater Manchester
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD33 Manchester
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
Manchester
Electoral Ward
Deansgate
Westminster Constituency
Manchester Central

Further Information

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