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Published 26 Sept 2025, 17:42 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Street Outreach Settlement · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: London Borough of Croydon (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdLight touch regime
Published estimate£2,300,000≈ £329k / year · £2,760,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 25 Oct 2025awarded 18 Feb 2026
Award (standstill) to Thames Reach Charity
Contract term 7 yrsends 28 Feb 2033 · starts 1 Mar 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Croydon Council is looking for a supplier to provide a new Street Outreach, Tenancy Sustainment and Resettlement Service aligns with Croydon's Rough Sleeping and Homelessness. The street outreach, casework and move on services for people who are street homeless in Croydon, which together make up the Outreach Service. The service includes street outreach, resettlement and tenancy sustainment service, a floating support service and Substance Misuse worker. Together the service provides a seamless service to identify individuals who are street homeless, enable a move off the streets and to prevent a return to the streets. This opportunity is available on the Croydon Tenders portal in-tendhost.co.uk/croydontenders/aspx/… ↗

  • No preliminary market engagement: Market engagement was carried out prior PA2023 implementation

CPV: Other community, social and personal services · Provision of services to the community · Social work services without accommodation

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 7 yrsPublished value£2,300,000
Contract period: 1 Mar 2026 – 28 Feb 2033 (7 yrs)Value: £2,300,000 exc. VAT · £2,760,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: London

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
  • Simple description: As stated in the tender documents

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
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
26 Sept 2025, 17:42 BST
Last source update
25 Feb 2026, 14:34 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 5 Jan 2026
Authority reference
LBC/TN/502
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-060320
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Other community, social and personal servicesProvision of services to the communitySocial work services without accommodation
Delivery area
London (UKI62)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a39e Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
25 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
20 Oct 2025, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

26 Sept 2025 → 6 Mar 2026 · 8 dates
  1. Tender notice published396 days ago
    26 Sept 2025, 17:42 BST
  2. Clarification questions by372 days ago
    20 Oct 2025, 17:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline367 days ago
    25 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by294 days ago
    5 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Assessment summaries sent245 days ago
    24 Feb 2026
  6. Latest notice published244 days ago
    25 Feb 2026, 14:34 GMT
  7. Contract starts240 days ago
    1 Mar 2026
  8. Standstill ends234 days ago
    6 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Sept 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    26 Sept 2025, 17:42 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    25 Feb 2026, 14:34 GMT
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    25 Feb 2026, 14:34 GMT
  4. Contract signature expected
    1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £2,300,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Thames Reach CharityVCSE1 Apr 2026 – 1 Apr 2033£2,300,00018 Feb 2026standstill to 6 Mar 2026Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2final-stage tenders02—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

London Borough of Croydon

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PJTH-3594-VXYL Bernard Wetherill House, Fell Road, Croydon, London, CR01EAContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • THAMES REACH CHARITYAwarded supplierGB-COH: 10098652GB-PPON: PXLM-2353-DYPT Employment Academy 29 Peckham Road, London, London, SE5 8UAContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender