Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Single Homelessness Prevention Service (Rochdale)
Authority: Rochdale Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Single Homelessness Prevention Service (Rochdale) Contract will commence on 1st January 2027 and end on 31st March 2029.
The Service will be delivered by an organisation with a proven track record of successful engagement with people experiencing multiple disadvantage or marginalised groups. The service will operate across the Borough of Rochdale and will operate across the Rochdale, Heywood and Pennine Townships on a neighbourhood hub and outreach-based model.
Local data highlights both the scale of the demand and the complexity of need, with a significant proportion of individuals experiencing challenges related to financial resilience, substance use, offending histories, and previous rough sleeping. These overlapping needs increase the likelihood of housing instability and repeat homelessness, placing ongoing pressure on statutory and support services.
This evidence reinforces the requirement for a commissioned response that moves beyond a crisis and accommodation-focused response, towards one that delivers integrated interventions. The Prevention Service must be designed to respond holistically, addressing not only immediate housing risk but also the underlying factors that impact an individual's ability to sustain accommodation and achieve longer-term stability.
The primary purpose of this service is to prevent first-time homelessness, repeat homelessness and rough sleeping through early identification, proactive engagement and tenancy sustainment. The service will be responsive, but prevention focused and should aim to intervene at the earliest possible stage before an individual becomes threatened with homelessness. The Provider will develop sustainable plans to prevent homelessness or rough sleeping by providing structured engagement plans, immediate crisis intervention, specialist prevention support and outreach engagement to individuals who are harder to reach to prevent escalation into statutory homelessness.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Sept 2031, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Housing services · Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£850,000
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 (2)
- Quality including social value: 70%
- Commercial Schedule: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality including social value
- Commercial Schedule
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £755,824 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Rochdale Borough Council buys Social work and related services (CPV 8530), and who usually turns up
Rochdale Borough Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Social work and related services (CPV 8530) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 29 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
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How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0% / 22%
2–340% / 36%
4–620% / 26%
7+40% / 17%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate67% / 22%
Within ±2%17% / 70%
Above estimate17% / 7%
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See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1CPV 7033Published estimate£850k
This lot is listed as CPV 7033. The table above uses the notice category.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid11%
2–359%
4–623%
7+7%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 30 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£778k–£850k
Estimate£850k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| 24-7 Locks LtdWorked for this buyer | UID13008/13009/13010 Rochdale Specialist Domestic Abuse Support Servicesnotice published May 2024 | Safer Homes Equipment Provision (Lot 3) | — | Similar wording and category |
| The Bond BoardWorked for this buyer | Rochdale Preventative Servicesnotice published Jun 2021 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| WHAGWorked for this buyer | UID13008/13009/13010 Rochdale Specialist Domestic Abuse Support Servicesnotice published May 2024 | Specialist Domestic Abuse Accommodation Offer (Lot 2) | — | Similar wording and category |
| VICTIM SUPPORTWorked for this buyer | UID13008/13009/13010 Rochdale Specialist Domestic Abuse Support Servicesnotice published May 2024 | Specialist Domestic Abuse Support Service (Lot 1) | — | Similar wording and category |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £880k2 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | 1 live · £1.1m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=2 | |
VICTIM SUPPORTLarge | £87m28 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 11 live · £20m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=17 |
| £37m5 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 1 live · £3.4m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=5 | |
| £6.3m13 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 7 live · £4.1m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=10 | |
| £9.6m9 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 3 live · £1.2m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=6 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Sept 2031
- First published
- 8 Oct 2026, 16:30 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Oct 2026, 11:33 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
DN832183- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095391- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078429Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via ProContract (Due North)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 5 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Please submit via the www.the-chest.org.uk ↗
Timeline
8 Oct 2026 → 1 Jan 2027 · 6 dates- Tender notice published18 days ago8 Oct 2026, 16:30 BST
- Latest notice published13 days ago14 Oct 2026, 11:33 BST
- Clarification questions by8 days ago19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 10 days5 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 35 days30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 66 days1 Jan 2027
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Oct 2026- Tender notice published8 Oct 2026, 16:30 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published14 Oct 2026, 11:33 BSTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsAll clarifications/questions and tender submissions must be sent via the Council's E-Tendering System ("The Chest"). Any clarifications, communications or tenders sent outside of The Chest will not be accepted. To register to The Chest, please see link to the advert for the oppor…
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender