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Housing Support Services to Women Experiencing or at Risk of Violence

North Ayrshire Council · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 23:22.

Opportunity overview

The requirement of this contract is to provide a specialist accommodation and housing support service to women who are experiencing, or are at risk of, violence. Women approach the service predominately seeking refuge/and or housing support, however, women are also offered advisory and emotional support where required. The service provides a range of accommodation throughout North Ayrshire. There is additional support provided across all tenures where women are at risk of violence.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

North Ayrshire Women's Aid

Match pending…
Contract value
£1.6m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
29 Sept 2025
Award ID
065808-2025-NAC-5183 - Housing Support Services to Women Experiencing or at Risk of Violence-1
Status
active
Location
North Ayrshire, UKM93, KA21 5HE, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV98000000 — Other community, social and personal services
  • CPV85000000 — Health and social work services

Lots

  • North Ayrshire Council (“NAC”) invites tenders for the provision of the requirement of this contract is to provide a specialist accommodation and housing support service to women who are experiencing, or are at risk of, violence. Women approach the service predominately seeking refuge/and or housing support, however, women are also offered advisory and emotional support where required. The service provides a range of accommodation throughout North Ayrshire. There is additional support provided across all tenures where women are at risk of violence.Value not stated

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
NAC-5183
Status
complete
Has Recurrence
Yes
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Covered By

GPA

Bid Opening

Date
1 May 2025, 12:00

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Recurrence

Description
Yes, will be re-tendered upon expiry if the funding is available.

Expected award period

Starts
1 May 2025, 12:00

Tender Period

Ends
1 May 2025, 12:00

Classification

Id
98000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Other community, social and personal services

Submission terms

Languages

en

Submission Method

electronicSubmission

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
suitability
Description
Where it is required, within a bidder’s country of establishment they must confirm which authorisation or memberships of the relevant organisation(s) are required in order to perform this service. Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships

Applies To

supplier
Criterion 2
Type
economic
Description
Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly “specific” turnover of (799,692.00)GBP for the last 3 years in the business area covered by the contract. Bidders who cannot meet the required level of turnover will be excluded from this tender. Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up or started trading. It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below: Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = [10 million]GBP in respect of any one event http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse40.pdf Public Liability Insurance [10 million]GBP in respect of any one event Professional Indemnity Insurance [5 million]GBP in the aggregate Third-Party Motor Vehicle Insurance A valid motor vehicle certificate must be held in the company name or (where there is no fleet but rather the company permits its employees to use their personal vehicles for business purposes), a letter signed by a person of appropriate authority - confirming that the company has ongoing arrangements in place to ensure their employees' vehicles are appropriately insured and maintained.

Applies To

supplier
Criterion 3
Type
technical
Description
Bidders are required to provide 1 example of services carried out in the past 3 years that demonstrates they have the relevant experience to deliver the services described in the Contract Notice. The services must be of a similar value, size and scope. Unsatisfactory experience will result in exclusion from the tender process. Bidders must also provide 1 satisfactory references for the same contract on the reference templates provided. References should be completed and signed by previous customers for contracts of a similar value, size and scope. If any of the referees score the bidder less than 2 the bidder will be excluded from the tender process. Completed experience and reference templates must be zipped and uploaded at question 4C.1 of the qualification envelope. Bidders are required to confirm details of the technicians or technical bodies who they can call upon, especially those responsible for quality control. Bidders are required to confirm the supplier's staff have the following relevant educational and professional qualifications: Staff providing advice and information must be trained to the National Standards Type 2. Staff providing Advocacy must be trained to Type 3 as outlined within Scottish National Standards for Information and Advice Providers. All staff delivering support must have attended Child Protection training and Adult Support and Protection training and any other relevant training as identified.

Applies To

supplier

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Has Renewal
Yes
Description
North Ayrshire Council (“NAC”) invites tenders for the provision of the requirement of this contract is to provide a specialist accommodation and housing support service to women who are experiencing, or are at risk of, violence. Women approach the service predominately seeking refuge/and or housing support, however, women are also offered advisory and emotional support where required. The service provides a range of accommodation throughout North Ayrshire. There is additional support provided across all tenures where women are at risk of violence.

Renewal

Description
12 month extension included.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Quality
Type
quality
Description
40
Criterion 2
Type
price
Description
60

Contract period

Duration In Days
1,080

Submission terms

Variant Policy
notAllowed

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKM93
Entry 2
Region
UKM93

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
85000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Health and social work services

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-1083
Name
North Ayrshire Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKM93
Locality
Irvine
Postal Code
KA12 8EE
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Cunninghame House, Friars Croft

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
North Ayrshire Council

Contact

Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-4006
Name
Kilmarnock Sheriff Court

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Kilmarnock
Postal Code
KA1 1ED
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Sheriff Court House, St Marnock Street

Details

Identifier

Legal Name
Kilmarnock Sheriff Court

Contact

Telephone
+44 1563550024
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-164022
Name
North Ayrshire Women's Aid

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKM93
Locality
North Ayrshire
Postal Code
KA21 5HE
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
17 Vernon St

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Legal Name
North Ayrshire Women's Aid

Award information

Award 1
Id
065808-2025-NAC-5183 - Housing Support Services to Women Experiencing or at Risk of Violence-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-164022
Name
North Ayrshire Women's Aid

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
065808-2025-NAC-5183 - Housing Support Services to Women Experiencing or at Risk of Violence-1
Status
active
Award ID
065808-2025-NAC-5183 - Housing Support Services to Women Experiencing or at Risk of Violence-1
Date Signed
30 Sept 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
1,599,329
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Irvine · UKM93 · KA12 8EE · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKM93

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-04fb91-2025-10-16T10:04:55+01:00compiled ·