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West London Direct Payments Service for Homelessness Prevention and Ending Rough Sleeping

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea on behalf of the West London Housing Partnership (partner boroughs of RBKC, Hammersmith & Fulham, Brent, Ealing, Hillingdon, Hounslow and Harrow) wishes to engage with suppliers regarding capacity in the market to provide a match funded direct payment service for people who are at risk of homelessness to prevent homelessness occurring and/or who are at risk of rough sleeping to make it short lived and non-reoccurring. The service will provide rapid access to funds for eligible households referred by an approved partner to enable a swift response to prevent homelessness or support a move away from rough sleeping. The Council is seeking an organisation with demonstrable experience of delivering similar personalised budget or direct payment schemes. The Council intends to commit a minimum of £500,000 to this scheme and is looking for an organisation that is able to provide 100% match funding in order to maximise the impact of the councils’ investment. This notice is issued for the purpose of understanding supplier appetite and the availability of suitable providers. Further information is set out in the attached Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire. Interested organisations are invited to review and respond to the questionnaire in full on the delta portal, the link can be found below. Any queries relating to this market engagement exercise should be submitted to: laura.palfreeman@rbkc.gov.uk Isabella.peebles@rbkc.gov.uk For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Health-and-social-work-services./YP328652G8 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/YP328652G8

Classification

  • CPV85000000 — Health and social work services
  • CPV85300000 — Social work and related services
  • CPV85320000 — Social services
  • CPV85323000 — Community health services

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
SP-L0274
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
No
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

lightTouch

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning

Contract period

Starts
1 Apr 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2027, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
85000000
Description
Health and social work services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
85300000
Description
Social work and related services
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
85320000
Description
Social services
Entry 4
Scheme
CPV
Id
85323000
Description
Community health services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKI74
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKI75
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 3
Region
UKI33
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 4
Region
UKI73
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
Providers interested in this potential opportunity should complete the questionnaire on the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea's Delta Portal by no later than 12:00pm on Wednesday 28th January 2026. The link to the questionnaire can be found in the description of this notice. The Authority may conduct further engagement via email or meetings as required with potential Providers over January/February 2026.
Due
28 Jan 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
003216-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
14 Jan 2026, 16:05
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Id
GB-PPON-PPRX-1592-MXGN

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PPRX-1592-MXGN

Address

Street Address
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Town Hall, 8 Hornton Street
Locality
London
Postal Code
W8 7NX
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI33

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

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

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI33 · W8 7NX · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKI33 · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKI73 · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKI74 · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKI75 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 003216-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·