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Home At Last Team (HALT) - Housing Support Service

Sheffield City Council

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

24 Jul 2026 at 11:57

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

18 May 2026 at 18:35

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Sheffield City Council commissioned a housing support service within its Home At Last Team (HALT). The service supports people with substance-use issues into structured drug treatment and long-term, sustainable accommodation. Its purpose is to improve recovery outcomes by addressing housing instability, reduce rough sleeping among people not engaged with structured treatment, and prevent homelessness among people in treatment whose substance use puts their housing at risk. Delivery includes professional and peer support, integrated with the wider recovery framework and the council’s objective of increasing treatment capacity. This is a health and social care service, covering housing support for people affected by substance use and homelessness. The requirement is intended for Sheffield City Council’s service area and is suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Shelter on 24 July 2026 following an open procedure. One lot was awarded. The estimated value was £833,000 excluding VAT (£999,600 including VAT); the awarded value is £591,000 excluding VAT (£709,200 including VAT). The contract period is 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2029, with an optional 12-month extension to 31 March 2030. Bids were due by 19 June 2026, with enquiries accepted until 9 June 2026; the award decision was due by 17 July 2026. Evaluation was 90% quality, 10% social value, with price assessed on a pass/fail basis. Two bids were received, with one reaching the final stage.

This award demonstrates established demand from Sheffield City Council for integrated housing and recovery support for people affected by substance use, rough sleeping and homelessness. Suppliers well placed for comparable work would combine practical housing expertise with experience of supporting people into structured treatment and sustainable accommodation. Credible delivery would require the ability to coordinate with wider recovery services, prevent homelessness, engage people not currently in treatment, and provide both professional and peer support. Strong service quality and demonstrable social value are central to the council’s evaluation approach, while price must meet a pass/fail threshold. Voluntary, community and social enterprises and smaller providers are explicitly considered suitable, so organisations with specialist local partnerships and delivery capacity may be competitive when this requirement returns.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Home At Last Team (HALT) - Housing Support Service

Notice Description

The primary objective of this commission is to improve long-term recovery outcomes for people in drug treatment by integrating targeted housing support into the wider recovery framework. This initiative stems from the 10-year Drug Strategy, which allocated PS53m to address the significant housing instabilities often cited by individuals entering dependency services. By focusing on the delivery of stable housing, this project seeks to remove a primary barrier to successful treatment completion. Following the success of the HALT project, which commenced in 2021, this specification invites providers to bid to provide a Housing Support Service as part of the Home At Last Team (HALT) to support those with substance use issues into structured treatment and long term sustainable accommodation, which fits into our strategic objective of 'Increasing Treatment Capacity.' It will seek to reduce the number of rough sleepers with substance use issues who are not currently engaged in structured treatment, to prevent those within treatment who are at risk of homelessness due to their substance use from becoming homeless, and to offer support (professional and peer) to individuals who are within this cohort.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-069b69
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070216-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

85100000 - Health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£833,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
£833,000 £500K-£1M
Awards Value
£591,000 £500K-£1M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
24 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
19 Jun 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
24 Jul 20262 months ago
Contract Period
1 Oct 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Sheffield City Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
SHEFFIELD
Postcode
S1 2HH
Postcode Area
Sheffield
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE3 South Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE32 Sheffield
Delivery Location
TLE32 Sheffield
Local Authority
Sheffield
Electoral Ward
City
Westminster Constituency
Sheffield Central

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Shelter

Further Information

Notice Documents

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