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Assertive Outreach Rough Sleepers

Caerphilly County Borough Council

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Tender

14 Sep 2026 at 14:45

UK4 - Tender Notice
Planning

16 Jul 2026 at 11:04

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Caerphilly County Borough Council is procuring a Housing Related Support Assertive Outreach Service for people sleeping rough in the Caerphilly County Borough area. This is a community and social support service, covering outreach and practical assistance to help people secure and maintain accommodation, maximise income, build confidence and skills, and access training and employment opportunities. The service is intended to prevent problems early, support independence and reduce pressure on health, social care and criminal justice services. It should respond to people with varied needs, including homelessness, mental ill health, learning disabilities, substance misuse, criminal justice involvement and experience of abuse. The support should be enabling and tapered as people become more independent, while delivering the outcomes expected under the Housing Support Grant.

The procurement has reached tender: the council invited offers through an open procedure. It is a single-lot services contract, with electronic submission allowed in English or Welsh. Enquiries had to be submitted by 9 October 2026 at 12:00, and tenders by 16 October 2026 at 12:00. Evaluation is based on 80% quality and 20% cost. Quality comprises the tender response at 10%, interview at 50% and case study at 20%. The contract is scheduled to run from 1 February 2027 to 31 January 2031. Its estimated value is £2,400,000 excluding VAT, or £2,880,000 including VAT. The council may extend it for up to 48 months, reviewed every 12 months, with award decisions due by 1 December 2026.

This opportunity suits housing support, homelessness and community service providers able to deliver assertive outreach and work with people facing complex or multiple disadvantages. Strong candidates will be able to provide person-centred support that builds independence rather than long-term dependency, helps people obtain and sustain accommodation, improves financial resilience and develops confidence and practical skills. Providers should be capable of early intervention, prevention and coordinated working with health, social care, criminal justice, training and employment services. The requirement calls for creative, outcomes-focused delivery, efficient use of resources and the ability to taper support as individual needs reduce. Small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community or social enterprises are identified as suitable participants.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Assertive Outreach Rough Sleepers

Notice Description

Caerphilly County Borough Council (the "Authority") is seeking to procure a Contract for Assertive Outreach Service for Rough Sleepers. The specification is outcomes based, and the Service Provider is expected to offer an innovative and creative solution to meet support needs, ensuring all possible outcomes are achieved as a priority whilst also seeking value for money, providing for the following packages of support. Service Providers must offer efficient savings over a long period of time, ensuring that as people become more independent and require less support, the packages of support are tapered down to reflect this. The Authority is seeking to appoint a suitable Service Provider to deliver a Housing Related Support (HRS) Assertive Outreach Service to Rough Sleepers. The Housing Support Grant provides housing-related support to help vulnerable people to live as independently as possible within their own homes, specialist housing or sheltered housing. The program delivers a pro-active approach, aiming to prevent problems in the first instance by providing help as early as possible to reduce demand from other services such as Health and Social Services. It helps to build sustainable communities and complements support provided by Health, Social Care or criminal justice services. It's strong prevention and early intervention approach reflects the objectives of Housing (Wales) Act and the wider Welsh Government legislative agenda. The programme supports people from a range of categories. These include single people, people who are homeless, those with mental ill health, learning disabilities, substance misuse, those who have been through the criminal justice system, people experiencing abuse, families, young and older people who are vulnerable. The services are enabling and aim to develop a person's independence as opposed to establishing a long-term dependency e.g. 'doing with' as apposed to 'doing for'. Help for individuals includes support to secure and maintain their home, helping to maximise people's income, improve their confidence and skills, and enable them to engage with wider programmes to access training and job opportunities. Support is provided based on need and people are at the heart of the programme. There are also strong links between the aims of the Social Services Act around wellbeing and the households supported via the Housing Support Grant. Housing Support Grant outcomes have been designed to provide information around the effectiveness of the programme by showing if we are helping those who access support to meet their needs. All information relating to the tender and contract can be found within the Tender Document Pack and associated appendices.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: With an option to extend for up to a further forty-eight (48) months which is to be reviewed every twelve (12) months

Planning Information

The Purpose of preliminary market engagement is to advise and engage with the Market prior to going to tender for the service provision. The Council is holding a supplier event on Tuesday 04 August 2026 at 14:30 Hours at Ty Penallta, Tredomen Park, Ystrad Friday Mynach, Hengoed CF82 7PG. To register an interest Service Providers must send their request via email to procurement@caerphilly.gov.uk. **please note registering an interest against this notice on sell2wales may not get recorded by the Council** All requests must be received by 15:00 hours Tuesday 28 July 2026 to the procurement inbox for the supplier engagement event. This notice is to commence market engagement prior to going to tender to understand services available to the Council. Please note that this notice is not a contract notice for a call for competition, it is to advise the market of the Councils intension to visit the market for such services in the future. Full details of service specification shall be issued with the call for competition and will be fully detailed in the tender documents.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cca2
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086944-2026
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Planning, Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK4 - Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
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
£2,400,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£2,400,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
14 Sep 2026Yesterday
Submission Deadline
16 Oct 20265 weeks to go
Future Notice Date
14 Sep 2026Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Feb 2027 - 31 Jan 2031 4-5 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
Caerphilly County Borough Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
HENGOED
Postcode
CF82 7PG
Postcode Area
Cardiff
Country
Wales
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLL Wales
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLL5 South East Wales
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLL53 Gwent Valleys
Delivery Location
TLL16 Gwent Valleys
Local Authority
Caerphilly
Electoral Ward
Ystrad Mynach
Westminster Constituency
Caerphilly

Further Information

Notice Documents

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