Planning

Invitation to Participate in Market Engagement: Emergency Accommodation Framework 2026

  • North Somerset Council

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-055979

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05430b (view related notices)

Published 11 September 2025, 5:09pm



Scope

Description

North Somerset Council invites suppliers to express their interest in participating in a market engagement exercise regarding the provision of Emergency Accommodation Framework.

North Somerset Council (the Council) is commissioning for the provision of Emergency Accommodation to assist with its statutory duty to provide interim accommodation for homeless households. This accommodation is required on a night by night basis for a short period while the Council determines if a longer-term duty is required or more settled accommodation must be found. The accommodation required will be for couples and single person households, but there will also be a requirement for households with children.

We are seeking to engage with the market to assess the level of supplier interest and to gather insights that may inform the upcoming tender process. Suppliers wishing to participate in this market engagement exercise should click the "Express an Interest" button on Supplying the South West portal and complete the attached Market Engagement Questionnaire, and return it via the messaging section of this portal by Monday, 22nd September 2025, no later than 17:00hrs.

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 14 April 2026 to 13 April 2030
  • 4 years

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 55250000 - Letting services of short-stay furnished accommodation

Contract locations

  • UKK - South West (England)

Engagement

Engagement deadline

22 September 2025

Engagement process description

Suppliers wishing to participate in this market engagement exercise should click the "Express an Interest" button on Supplying the South West portal and complete the attached Market Engagement Questionnaire, and return it via the messaging section of this portal by Monday, 22nd September 2025, no later than 17:00hrs.


Participation

Particular suitability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)


Procedure

Special regime

Light touch


Contracting authority

North Somerset Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PVVX-9588-WCMV

Town Hall, Walliscote Grove Road

Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset

BS23 1UJ

United Kingdom

Region: UKK12 - Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government