Tender

Homelessness System Review

  • Cambridge City Council

UK4: Tender notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-032207

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-054857

Published 13 June 2025, 11:25am

Scope

Reference

DN778413

Description

This procurement exercise is being run by Cambridge City Council. Evaluation of all submissions, all appointments of suppliers, and management of any awarded contract will be by the commissioning Council. At the award of this contract a named contract manager will be given to the supplier, and they will be responsible for the management of this contract through to its conclusion.

The work relates to Cambridge City Council's duty under the Homelessness Act 2002 to have in place a homelessness strategy based on a review of all forms of homelessness in its district. Its current Homelessness Strategy cover the period 2021 to 2026. Consequently, the City Council is running a procurement exercise to contract out:

1) A review of homelessness in its district

and, depending on the how well the contractor has met the City Council's expectations in carrying out the review and, if applicable, the submission of a final quotation for (please note this is not a promise of work at this stage):

2) The drafting of a homelessness and rough sleeping strategy for the period 2026 - 2031

3) Support to initiate the implementation of key findings from the review as reflected in the new strategy

Total value (estimated)

  • £130,000 excluding VAT
  • £156,000 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 18 August 2025 to 31 December 2026
  • 1 year, 4 months, 14 days

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Contract locations

  • UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC

Participation

Particular suitability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Submission

Enquiry deadline

7 July 2025, 5:00pm

Tender submission deadline

14 July 2025, 12:00pm

Submission address and any special instructions

https://procontract.due-north.com/RFx/RFxSummary?rfxId=070342c0-3b48-f011-8138-005056b64545&projectId=44bdf676-3448-f011-8138-005056b64545

Tenders may be submitted electronically

Yes

Award criteria

Quality = 70%

Price = 30%

Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold - open competition

Documents

Associated tender documents

RfQ Homelessness Review.docx

https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=470fcaba-3448-f011-8138-005056b64545&fromProjectDashboard=True

Contracting authority

Cambridge City Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PCBT-6819-NDPJ

The Guildhall

Cambridge

CB2 1BY

United Kingdom

Email: procurement@cambridge.gov.uk

Region: UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government