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title: "Enabling Prevention in the Voluntary, Care and Faith Sector"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0656f6"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL"
published: "2026-03-31"
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# Enabling Prevention in the Voluntary, Care and Faith Sector

Buyer: SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0656f6

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## Summary

Sheffield City Council has awarded a contract titled "Enabling Prevention in the Voluntary, Care and Faith Sector" to address and prevent rough sleeping. This project, located in Sheffield, falls under the social work and related services category. The procurement process employed an open competition method, falling below the financial threshold, under a special "light touch" regime. The procurement stage is complete, with the contract award date being 27th March 2026, and the contract period commencing on 1st April 2026 and ending on 31st March 2027. The budget amounts to £82,950 gross, with a focus on coordinating efforts to prevent homelessness throughout the region.

This contract presents valuable opportunities for businesses specialising in social services, particularly those with expertise in preventing homelessness and coordinating multi-agency efforts. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs), as well as voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs), are ideally suited to compete for ventures of this nature due to their unique capabilities and flexibility in providing customised, community-focused solutions. Active collaboration and well-coordinated responses make this project a promising prospect for growth in the social services industry, fostering long-term partnerships within the sector. Businesses interested in integrating comprehensive, effective strategies to tackle homelessness would find a conducive environment in this procurement contract.

## Notice

This service focuses on preventing rough sleeping wherever possible and ensuring that, where prevention is not successful, rough sleeping does not become repeated or prolonged. Its aim is to intervene early, reduce the risk of people sleeping rough, and support coordinated action so that individuals do not cycle back into homelessness. The service will take a coordination role across the partnership, organising and aligning activity to strengthen the prevention of rough sleeping. It will work closely with services that support people at risk of, or experiencing, rough sleeping to ensure that approaches, pathways and responses are joined up and effective.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030041-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - open competition |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 31 Mar 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 4 Mar 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 27 Mar 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Apr 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £70,078 |
| Lots value | £70,078 |
| Awards value | £69,125 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| 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 | TLE32 Sheffield |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | HOMELESS LINK |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85300000 - Social work and related services

## Release History

- 31 Mar 2026 at 16:55 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030041-2026
- 19 Feb 2026 at 11:50 - TenderUpdate - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015171-2026
- 18 Feb 2026 at 12:17 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014717-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030041-2026
  31st March 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015171-2026
  19th February 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014717-2026
  18th February 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://sheffield.gov.uk
- https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=102948&TID100108155&B=
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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