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title: "Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Contract - West London Floating Support Service"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0586b9"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA"
published: "2026-04-13"
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# Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Contract - West London Floating Support Service

Buyer: ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0586b9

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## Summary

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is leading a procurement process for a critical initiative titled "Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Contract - West London Floating Support Service." This process involves multiple boroughs, including Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, and Kensington and Chelsea itself. The procurement is at the Award stage as of 13th April 2026. The awarded contract, signed on 31st March 2026, supports former rough sleepers with services beginning from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2027. This emergency contract aims to provide essential services, ensuring continuous support for individuals transitioning from homelessness, funded by a one-off grant due to pending longer-term financing. Services span across various West London regions, falling under the services category for health and social work.

This procurement presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in social services, particularly those experienced in supporting individuals with low to medium needs in independent living settings. It is an attractive proposition for businesses that can operate across several boroughs offering flexible, demand-driven support while maintaining a strong partnership network. There is potential for market expansion as suppliers will need to demonstrate robust capabilities in delivering personalised support, such as education in tenancy obligations and improving access to healthcare and employment. The process is aligned with the West London Housing Partnership's goals of reducing homelessness, thus opening doors for firms with a strong record in similar housing support services to play a pivotal role in community well-being and develop their footprint in public sector contracts.

## Notice

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, on behalf of the West London Housing Partnership, has awarded this contract for the provision support services for former rough sleepers. It is a core service necessary for the prevention of rough sleeping across the West London boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC). This contract has been put in place to deliver specialist direct support to former rough sleepers or individuals with an extensive history of homelessness that have recently accepted an offer of private rented or social housing. The direct award, for a period of 12 months was required on urgency grounds to ensure that there is no loss of service and associated critical infrastructure, funded by a one-off top up grant. This is due to uncertainty around the longer term funding arrangements. This Contract is below the Light Touch Threshold.

### Planning Information

Engagement process description: Providers are required to submit responses to the enclosed questionnaire by the Engagement Deadline (08/09/2025).
If the Authority wishes to conduct meetings with suitable responders, these will be undertaken throughout September 2025.
It is anticipated the Tender Notice will be published in October/November 2025.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033134-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - unknown |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Planning, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 13 Apr 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 8 Sep 2025 |
| Award date | 30 Mar 2026 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £651,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £175,242 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA |
| Additional buyers | LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT; LONDON BOROUGH OF EALING; LONDON BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM; LONDON BOROUGH OF HARROW; LONDON BOROUGH OF HILLINGDON; LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | West London |
| Postcode | W8 7NX |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI7 Outer London - West and North West |
| ITL 3 | TLI75 Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames |
| Local authority | Hounslow |
| Electoral ward | Hounslow West |
| Westminster constituency | Feltham and Heston |
| Delivery location | TLI33 Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham, TLI72 Brent, TLI73 Ealing, TLI74 Harrow and Hillingdon, TLI75 Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | DEPAUL |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services
- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 98341000 - Accommodation services

## Release History

- 13 Apr 2026 at 09:40 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033134-2026
- 13 Aug 2025 at 09:05 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/048269-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033134-2026
  13th April 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/048269-2025
  13th August 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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