--- title: "SOFT MARKET TEST: Localised Housing Options & Advice Services" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-b428d03b-9b24-4848-bbd2-96fad91217b1" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-b428d03b-9b24-4848-bbd2-96fad91217b1" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-b428d03b-9b24-4848-bbd2-96fad91217b1.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-b428d03b-9b24-4848-bbd2-96fad91217b1.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL" published: "2024-05-13" --- # SOFT MARKET TEST: Localised Housing Options & Advice Services Buyer: SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b428d03b-9b24-4848-bbd2-96fad91217b1 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-b428d03b-9b24-4848-bbd2-96fad91217b1) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-b428d03b-9b24-4848-bbd2-96fad91217b1.json) ## Summary The Sheffield City Council is conducting a tender for a "SOFT MARKET TEST: Localised Housing Options & Advice Services." This procurement opportunity falls under the legal services and housing services categories. The tender aims to explore options for delivering early legal advice and housing options services to prevent homelessness, specifically targeted in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of the United Kingdom. The tender stage includes a supplier engagement session on Monday 3rd June 2024, with a deadline for registration by Thursday 30th May 2024. The contract period is scheduled to run from 8th June to 9th June 2024. This tender by Sheffield City Council presents an opportunity for businesses, particularly SMEs and VCSEs, to provide early legal housing advice and options services. Businesses in the services sector with expertise in legal, financial, and debt matters related to housing would be well-suited to compete. The Council's objective is to proactively prevent homelessness by offering early guidance to households, aligning with their Homelessness Prevention & Rough Sleeping Strategy 2023-2028. This procurement is not applicable to any specific procurement method details but is tailored towards immediate intervention to prevent homelessness and reduce the need for temporary accommodation. ## Notice The Council is exploring options for the delivery of a localised, community-based early legal advice and housing options service for all housing matters, targeted in the 3 Housing Market Areas of the City, where we receive the largest volume of homelessness presentations. The Council currently commission some services that provide homeless prevention support in local communities. However, the provision of this type of housing advice and guidance is limited, alongside services experiencing increased capacity. We want to ensure independent; early legal advice and options is offered much earlier than the 56-day legal Prevention Duty, with early guidance provided when a housing matter is identified. The aim of this is to proactively prevent situations where homelessness may occur and the subsequent trauma and stress this can place on households. In addition, the Council needs to reduce the need of households being placed in temporary or emergency accommodation, which is unsustainable for the both the Council and customers. The objective of this soft market testing is to eliminate the use of emergency provision by providing early legal housing advice and options, to prevent homelessness from occurring and cases progressing. This provision will provide a time limited service, offering early advice and guidance around legal, financial, and debt matters that could lead to unstable housing and homelessness. This directly supports the Council's Homelessness Prevention & Rough Sleeping Strategy 2023-2028, which outlines our position on Bed and Breakfast and Temporary Accommodation and the action we are seeking to take with respect to this issue. The Council will be holding an online supplier engagement session to support this exercise between 10:45am-11:45am on Monday 3rd June 2024. Suppliers who wish to attend should register their interest directly with the Council via email to adam.elwis@sheffield.gov.uk no later than 5pm on Thursday 30th May 2024. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c3dd09a9-f11b-479e-855c-53b060fa95e9 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not applicable | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 13 May 2024 | | Submission deadline | 7 Jun 2024 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 7 Jun 2024 - 9 Jun 2024 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL | | Locality | SHEFFIELD | | Post town | Sheffield | | Postcode | S1 2HH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | | ITL 2 | TLE3 South Yorkshire | | ITL 3 | TLE32 Sheffield | | Local authority | Sheffield | | Electoral ward | City | | Westminster constituency | Sheffield Central | | Delivery location | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 70 - Real estate services - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 70333000 - Housing services - 79100000 - Legal services ## Release History - 13 May 2024 at 11:38 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c3dd09a9-f11b-479e-855c-53b060fa95e9 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c3dd09a9-f11b-479e-855c-53b060fa95e9 13th May 2024 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=81620&B=UK Additional data - https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/104130 User / Company ## Notice URLs - http://sheffield.gov.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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