Official UK procurement notice
Domestic Abuse Emergency, Safe and Supported Accommodation
Authority: Cheshire East Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Domestic Abuse Emergency and Safe Accommodation will support people and their families who are experiencing or who have been subject to domestic abuse, providing high quality safe and supportive accommodation and promoting resilience, independence, and healthy lives.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 May 2030, 23:59 BST.
- How the procedure runs: The procurement process adopted by the Council is based upon the Competitive Flexible procedure. In brief, the process will be as follows: All suppliers that express an interest in the opportunity will be provided with access to the tender documents including Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) Response Document that contains pass/fail conditions of participation and a Competitive Flexible Procedure (CFP) Response Document that contains the award stage Pricing Schedule, Qualitative Questions and Provider Presentation Requirements. Both the PSQ Response Document and the CFP Response Document require completing in full and must be submitted, at the same time, prior to the tender deadline. All tenderers that pass the conditions of participation (PSQ) will progress to the award stage and their CFP Response document will be assessed. All tenderers that pass the conditions of participation (PSQ) will be invited to deliver a qualitative presentation and have this assessed as part of the award stage. Tenderers that fail the conditions of participation, contained within the PSQ response document, will not progress to award stage and their CFP response document will not be assessed.
CPV: Social work services with accommodation
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,250,000
- Economic & financial standing
The Provider will need to be a registered provider of social housing.
www.gov.uk/government/publicati… ↗
Where domestic abuse service providers are not a registered provider of social housing, they can partner with a registered provider to submit a consortium bid, however the lead provider will be the Registered Landlord.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Written Qualitative Response Evaluation: 55%
- Provider Presentation Evaluation: 15%
- Pricing Evaluation: 30%
Published award criteria (3)
- Written Qualitative Response Evaluation
- Provider Presentation Evaluation
- Pricing Evaluation
- Economic & financial standing
The Provider will need to be a registered provider of social housing.
www.gov.uk/government/publicati… ↗
Where domestic abuse service providers are not a registered provider of social housing, they can partner with a registered provider to submit a consortium bid, however the lead provider will be the Registered Landlord.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 May 2030
- First published
- 18 Jun 2025, 15:53 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Feb 2026, 16:55 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 27 Nov 2025
- Authority reference
C4281- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-060326- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054f49Find a Tender
- How it runs
The procurement process adopted by the Council is based upon the Competitive Flexible procedure.
In brief, the process will be as follows:
All suppliers that express an interest in the opportunity will be provided with access to the tender documents including Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) Response Document that contains pass/fail conditions of participation and a Competitive Flexible Procedure (CFP) Response Document that contains the award stage Pricing Schedule, Qualitative Questions and Provider Presentation Requirements.
Both the PSQ Response Document and the CFP Response Document require completing in full and must be submitted, at the same time, prior to the tender deadline.
All tenderers that pass the conditions of participation (PSQ) will progress to the award stage and their CFP Response document will be assessed.
All tenderers that pass the conditions of participation (PSQ) will be invited to deliver a qualitative presentation and have this assessed as part of the award stage.
Tenderers that fail the conditions of participation, contained within the PSQ response document, will not progress to award stage and their CFP response document will not be assessed.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 Oct 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 20 Oct 2025, 10:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders must be submitted at www.the-chest.org.uk ↗ Project ID DN792291
Unrestricted access to this opportunity is available via the Chest North West Portal, register for free at www.the-chest.org.uk ↗ and express an interest in project ID DN792291
Timeline
18 Jun 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published18 Jun 2025, 15:53 BST
- Market engagement11 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Cheshire East Council is conducting a soft market testing survey to understand interest from providers in the delivery of bespoke Safe Accommodation with a support offer to those affected by Domestic Abuse.
We also want to use feedback to help inform our future commissioning intentions, including the service model.
Organisations interested in taking part in the Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation soft market testing must express their interest in Chest Project DN778998 to access and download a copy of the questionnaire.
Registration is free and can be accessed at www.the-chest.org.uk ↗.
Completed questionnaires must be submitted, via the Chest, by 17:00pm Friday 11th July 2025.
- Tender notice published396 days ago26 Sept 2025, 18:59 BST
- Clarification questions by373 days ago20 Oct 2025, 10:00 BST
- Submission deadline365 days ago27 Oct 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by334 days ago27 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent328 days ago4 Dec 2025
- Standstill ends316 days ago15 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published244 days ago25 Feb 2026, 16:55 GMT
- Contract starts210 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
9 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Jun 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published18 Jun 2025, 15:53 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published26 Sept 2025, 18:59 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active26 Sept 2025, 18:59 BST
- Procurement method changed26 Sept 2025, 18:59 BST
- Deadline published: 27 Oct 2025, 10:00 GMT26 Sept 2025, 18:59 BST
- Contract award notice published4 Dec 2025, 14:37 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete4 Dec 2025, 14:37 GMT
- Contract signature expected19 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published25 Feb 2026, 16:55 GMTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-06: 1 release · 18 Jun 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crewe YMCA LimitedVCSE1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2031Extensions: 2 x 12 months optional extensions : - 01/04/2029 - 31/03/2030 - 01/04/2030 - 31/03/2031 Optional extensions to be implemented at the sole discretion of the Council | £1,236,084 | 26 Nov 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Domestic Abuse Emergency, Safe and Supported Accommodation · Crewe YMCA LimitedVCSE
- Signed
- 24 Feb 2026
- Value
- £1,236,084
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2 x 12 months optional extensions : - 01/04/2029 - 31/03/2030 - 01/04/2030 - 31/03/2031 Optional extensions to be implemented at the sole discretion of the Council
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders | 1 | 1 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- YMCA Cheshire LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: Unrestricted access to this opportunity is available via the Chest North West Portal, register for free at https://www.the-chest.org.uk/ Express your interest in project ID DN792291 to access and download the associated tender documents.
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender