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title: "Rough Sleeping Core Contracts"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0524ee"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS"
published: "2025-05-23"
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# Rough Sleeping Core Contracts

Buyer: LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0524ee

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## Summary

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets plans a procurement process titled "Rough Sleeping Core Contracts," aimed at supporting rough sleeping individuals in the area. This initiative is part of the borough's Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2024-29. The procurement process is currently in the planning stage, using an open procedure to establish a multi-supplier framework. The procurement is centred in London, across several UK regions, and focuses on health and social work services. Essential services will be contracted in lots, with a contract period starting on 1st April 2026 and potentially extending until 31st March 2031. A future notice date is scheduled for 16th July 2025, and the procurement is valued at a gross amount of £13,920,000. The Borough, a public authority under sub-central government classification, can be contacted via email at Procurement@towerhamlets.gov.uk.

This tender represents substantial opportunities for businesses specialising in health and social services, particularly those equipped to provide street outreach and resource centre services. Engaging suppliers will aid market development and deliver essential services rapidly, including potential additional funding from central government. The framework approach ensures flexibility, swift service provision, and market stability, aligning with ongoing strategic goals. Businesses that can offer comprehensive support in areas like mental and physical health, substance use, and housing advice are particularly well-suited to compete, ensuring progressive efforts to reduce rough sleeping. The contract's multi-year term with extension possibilities further presents long-term growth opportunities for service providers.

## Notice

This project aims to provide specialist services to support people rough sleeping in Tower Hamlets. Rough sleeping remains a complex social challenge within Tower Hamlets, across London and indeed nationally. Available data indicates figures will continue to rise locally, with demand for services meaning people spend longer on the streets. This increases risks of harm to individuals and communities through anti-social behavior, complex safeguarding concerns, public health matters and violence. It is therefore essential to have responsive, assertive and professional support services which are strategically aligned with the borough's aim to make rough sleeping rare, brief and non-recurrent, as outlined in the new Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2024-29. These services will lead the efforts to drive down rough sleeping and ensure people do not return to the streets once accommodated. Specifically, this project will provide two primary services - a street outreach team and a resource centre. These services are currently contracted under two separate contracts: the Enhanced Rough Sleeping Outreach Service (P5719) and Resource Centre Contract (P5670) which are both due to reach the end of their extensions on March 31st 2026. These services are seen as essential for the borough. Street Outreach provides a shift-based service which can immediately respond to reports of people rough sleeping, link in with people needing support, and help to find housing solutions and links to other relevant services. The Resource Centre provides a safe and inclusive building-based service where people rough sleeping can access essential services such as showers and food, as well as holistic support for mental and physical health, substance use, and housing advice. Additional specialist services are provided using grant funding from central government. The borough intends to establish a multi-supplier framework with lots for these essential services. This will allow for services to be procured quickly and effectively and enable the borough to utilize additional grant income that may become available from central government. Potential suppliers will be engaged to develop interest and shape the market accordingly. Contract length is set at 3 years and extensions of 12 months pus 12 months to allow for testing the multi-supplier framework approach, give stability to service provision, and to align with the duration of the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2024-29.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027083-2025 |
| Notice type | UK1 - Pipeline Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 23 May 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 16 Jul 2025 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £11,600,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | East London |
| Postcode | E1 1BJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI42 Tower Hamlets |
| Local authority | Tower Hamlets |
| Electoral ward | Whitechapel |
| Westminster constituency | Bethnal Green and Stepney |
| 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) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 23 May 2025 at 16:35 - Planning - UK1 - Pipeline Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027083-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027083-2025
  23rd May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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