Official UK procurement notice
Safe Accommodation (refuge) and Support Services across WNC & NNC
Authority: West Northamptonshire Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWest Northamptonshire Council (WNC) and North Northamptonshire Council (NNC) intend to run an open tender procedure to attract providers with the necessary skills and experience to deliver safe accommodation (refuge) and support services for victims and survivors of domestic abuse, as defined by the Domestic Abuse Act 2021.
The services to be delivered under contract are:
- Refuge accommodation, women's only refuge, men's only refuge, specialist drug and alcohol refuge and a specialist multi-cultural/diversity refuge across 47 units of accommodation; bed spaces.
- Therapeutic group work with adult survivors;
- Therapeutic group work with children and young people including play therapy;
- Counselling service;
- Children's and Young people's outreach support including a CHIDVA (Children's IDVA);
- Floating support/outreach, community based;
- Information and Advice - Helpline;
- Awareness raising training
- Housing IDVAs;
- Sanctuary Scheme;
- No recourse to public funds
- By and for service to supporting diverse communities including harmful practices and training.
The services will be delivered as a 3+1+1 year contract, commencing in April 2026.
CPV: Social work services with accommodation
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Jul 2025, 14:48 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Jul 2025, 14:48 BST
- Authority reference
WNC00000505- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-041355- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05623bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
18 Jul 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published18 Jul 2025, 14:48 BST
- Market engagement5 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
WNC & NNC would like to invite potential providers to attend a face to face Market Engagement event on Tuesday 5th August 2025 at 10.30 am- 12:30 pm.
Venue: Jeffrey Room, The Guildhall, West Northamptonshire Council St Giles Square Northampton NN1 1DE.
The purpose of the event is to discuss the service and support the market to understand how to bid for the tender in preparation for when the opportunity is live. The session will provide an opportunity for potential providers to review the chosen service model and service requirements. Attendees will have the chance to offer final views and comments, helping to ensure that the proposed approach is clear, achievable, and aligned with service user needs.
This event is designed to support transparency and engagement, allowing providers to seek clarification, share insights, and prepare for the forthcoming tender process.
We encourage all interested organisations to attend and contribute to this discussion.
Potential providers of the service that wish to attend the event must email procurement@westnorthants.gov.uk by noon on 4th August 2025 and provide the following information:
- Name of organisation
- Name of attendee(s) and their job role/title
- Email address of attendee(s)
Participation or non-participation in this market exercise shall not prevent any organisation participating in any potential procurement process nor is it intended that any information supplied shall place any organisation at an advantage in any forthcoming procurement process
- Tender notice expected27 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts212 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published18 Jul 2025, 14:48 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- North Northamptonshire CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender