Rough Sleeper Services
Estimated value
£2.0m
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
5
Published
18 Mar 2026
Description
The tender is divided into 5 lots for the assessment and navigation for single people from risk of rough sleeping, to locating and initial assessment of those found to be rough sleeping, referral where appropriate to statutory services or emergency bed provisions within the supported housing pathways and the provision of specialist interventions to enable people to maintain long-term housing solutions. Ipswich Borough Council is currently out to tender for the provision of Rough Sleeper Services. This opportunity is available in the 'Current Tenders' area of the portal. Interested parties are invited to express their interest to gain full access to the tender documentation. The deadline date for submissions of the tender is 20 April 2026. Please note late returns will NOT be permitted. The deadline for clarification questions is 8 April 2026 which must be generated via the correspondence option on the website.
Scope
- Reference
- IBC/20047
- Total value
- £2,000,000 excluding VAT£2,400,000 including VATAbove the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 31 May 2026 to 31 May 2031
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 8500000098000000
- Contract locations
- Suffolk, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | See ITT for full details. | quality | 80.00% |
| Price / cost | — | price | 20.00% |
Submission & procedure
- Submission deadline
- 20 Apr 2026, 10:00 am
- Submission address
- www.suffolksourcing.uk ↗
- Electronic submission
- Yes
- Procedure
- Open procedure
Lots · 5 total
Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.
| Lot | Title | Est. value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | STEP Beds | — | active |
| 2 | STEP beds (higher needs) | — | active |
| 3 | Rough Sleeper Emergency Beds | — | active |
| 4 | Rough Sleeper Outreach | — | active |
| 5 | Rough Sleeper Prevention Navigator | — | active |