Scope
Reference
SP-L0274
Description
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea on behalf of the West London Housing Partnership (partner boroughs of RBKC, Hammersmith & Fulham, Brent, Ealing, Hillingdon, Hounslow and Harrow) wishes to engage with suppliers regarding capacity in the market to provide a match funded direct payment service for people who are at risk of homelessness to prevent homelessness occurring and/or who are at risk of rough sleeping to make it short lived and non-reoccurring.
The service will provide rapid access to funds for eligible households referred by an approved partner to enable a swift response to prevent homelessness or support a move away from rough sleeping.
The Council is seeking an organisation with demonstrable experience of delivering similar personalised budget or direct payment schemes. The Council intends to commit a minimum of £500,000 to this scheme and is looking for an organisation that is able to provide 100% match funding in order to maximise the impact of the councils' investment.
This notice is issued for the purpose of understanding supplier appetite and the availability of suitable providers. Further information is set out in the attached Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire. Interested organisations are invited to review and respond to the questionnaire in full on the delta portal, the link can be found below.
Any queries relating to this market engagement exercise should be submitted to:
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Health-and-social-work-services./YP328652G8
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
Total value (estimated)
- £500,000 including VAT
Below the relevant threshold
Contract dates (estimated)
- 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027
- 1 year
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 85300000 - Social work and related services
- 85320000 - Social services
- 85323000 - Community health services
Contract locations
- UKI74 - Harrow and Hillingdon
- UKI75 - Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames
- UKI33 - Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham
- UKI73 - Ealing
Engagement
Engagement deadline
28 January 2026
Engagement process description
Providers interested in this potential opportunity should complete the questionnaire on the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea's Delta Portal by no later than 12:00pm on Wednesday 28th January 2026. The link to the questionnaire can be found in the description of this notice. The Authority may conduct further engagement via email or meetings as required with potential Providers over January/February 2026.
Procedure
Special regime
Light touch
Contracting authority
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PPRX-1592-MXGN
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Town Hall, 8 Hornton Street
London
W8 7NX
United Kingdom
Email: procurement@rbkc.gov.uk
Region: UKI33 - Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government