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Supported Housing & Floating Support for Homeless Households

Cornwall Council · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 22:52.

Opportunity overview

Cornwall Council is responsible for commissioning supported accommodation and floating support provision across Cornwall to support homeless households, people at risk of homelessness and rough sleepers. The current Empowering and Independence services contract is coming to an end in 31st March 2026. The Council will be procuring an Approved Provider Agreement (APA) for Supported Accommodation for Homeless Households and county wide floating support, to commence April 2026. The draft specification attached is broken down into 2 Lots: • LOT 1 – Supported Accommodation (support in accommodation provided by the provider) • LOT 2 – Countywide floating Support (Peripatetic support in situ)

Classification

  • CPV85000000 — Health and social work services
  • CPV85300000 — Social work and related services
  • CPV85311000 — Social work services with accommodation
  • CPV85312000 — Social work services without accommodation

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
DN767614
Status
planning
Main Procurement Category
services

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning
Has Renewal
Yes

Contract period

Ends
1 Apr 2033, 00:59
Starts
1 Apr 2026, 01:00
Max Extent Date
1 Apr 2036, 00:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
85000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Health and social work services
Entry 2
Id
85312000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Social work services without accommodation
Entry 3
Id
85311000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Social work services with accommodation
Entry 4
Id
85300000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Social work and related services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
009494-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
14 Mar 2025, 15:28

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
15 Apr 2025, 00:59
Description
Cornwall Council is conducting a soft market assessment to gain feedback on a proposed specification and KPI's for a new contract, intending to follow the expiry of the pre-existing Empowering Independence contracts, also to understand the potential level of interest across this market sector. Participation of this soft market assessment will not prejudice suppliers participating in any future procurement. If you are interested in this area of service provision and also helping with our assessment of the market, please Please find the documentation required using the following link: https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/ ref. DN767614 Supported Housing & Floating Support for Homeless Households this SMT will run from 14/03/2025 - 14/04/2025 inclusive

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PYRH-9827-DWLP
Name
Cornwall Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKK30
Country
GB
Locality
Truro
Postal Code
TR1 3AY
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
County Hall, Treyew Road

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PYRH-9827-DWLP
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Mr Andrew Trout
Telephone
+44 1872

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Truro · UKK30 · TR1 3AY · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

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  1. ocds-h6vhtk-04ed6e-2025-03-14T15:28:48ZPreliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·