Contracts
Social care & community in London
Public sector contract notices in social care & community covering London, from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Social care & community notices in London
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GLA Third Party Resident Support
Support service for vulnerable and digitally excluded residents participating in the Warm Homes Local Grant Programme across London. Work includes resident engagement, casework, assistance with programme navigation, and signposting to other services.
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London's VRU Boys, Young Men and Future Fathers Support Services
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime wants to commission support services for London boys and young men, focusing on critical thinking, digital literacy, and healthy identity development as a counter to online misogyny and harmful narratives. The service will provide trusted relationships, positive role models, and offline peer spaces.
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Commissioning Homes for Children Looked After & Care Leavers PDPS - Lot 3 Rd 4
London Borough of Newham is establishing a Pseudo-Dynamic Purchasing System (PDPS) framework for commissioning externally provided care, accommodation and support services for children looked after and care leavers. Lot 3 covers Provision of Supported Lodgings.
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AT1482 Supported Accommodation 16 & 17, 18-25 Years in Luton
Luton Council is establishing an open framework for Ofsted-registered supported accommodation services for young people aged 16-17, and non-registered services for care leavers aged 18-25. The framework will run across 5 lots split between the two age groups.
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Individual Placement & Support Service (IPS)
Greenwich, Bexley and Bromley are jointly procuring a single provider to deliver intensive employment support to adults in drug and alcohol treatment who are currently unemployed. The service offers tailored help to access sustainable paid work.
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HtH-DPS-Semi-Independent Living
London Borough of Haringey is establishing a Dynamic Purchasing System for support and life-skills coaching to care leavers living in training flats at Hornsey Town Hall. The contract covers mentoring, practical skills development and independent living support.
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Conversion Practices Victim Support Service
The Cabinet Office wants to set up a confidential support service for people affected by conversion practices, or integrate it into an existing helpline. The service will provide pastoral care, counselling referrals, and signposting to emergency housing and police reporting.
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Bromley 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service
Bromley Council is commissioning a 0-19 children's public health nursing service covering health visiting and school nursing. The service delivers the Healthy Child Programme to support child health, wellbeing and development across the borough.
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Connect to Work
Lambeth Council is commissioning up to four providers to deliver Individual Placement and Support employment services using the Place and Train model. The service supports people into work and provides 12 months' ongoing support to sustain employment.
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Camden Respite Rooms
London Borough of Camden is recommissioning a 24/7 residential respite service for women experiencing domestic violence, homelessness and multiple disadvantage. The service needs to provide minimum 16 bedspaces with a target move-on time of up to 56 days.
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Provision of Independent Health Complaints Advocacy Service
London Borough of Brent wants an independent health complaints advocacy service to help clients, families and carers navigate NHS complaints procedures and resolve grievances about health and social care. The service runs for three years from April 2027, with a possible two-year extension.
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Newham Best Start Family Hubs Befriending, Navigation and Peer Support Service
Newham Council is commissioning a peer-led befriending and navigation service for families with children aged 0-5, combining emotional support and practical advice through multiple channels including phone, text, WhatsApp and web. The service should engage volunteers from local communities to reach underrepresented groups and work closely with existing Family Hubs.
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Partners in Care and Health – External Evaluation of the Continuous Improvement Programme 2026-29
Design and delivery of an external evaluation of a three-year continuous improvement programme supporting councils and health systems in adult social care. You'll develop the evaluation methodology in year one, then conduct the evaluation across years two and three.
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HAC6052 Integrated Adult Alcohol and Drug Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Service
Tower Hamlets is recommissioning its adult drug and alcohol treatment and recovery system as a single integrated contract. The service must combine treatment, prescribing, psychosocial interventions, outreach, recovery support, and criminal-justice case management, with pathways for rough-sleeping, mental health, and other vulnerable groups.
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Commissioning Homes for Children Looked After & Care Leavers PDPS - Lot 1 Rd 7
London Borough of Newham is reopening Lot 1 of a Pseudo-Dynamic Purchasing System for semi-independent living services for looked after children and care leavers. Suppliers can apply to join the framework and bid for placements as they arise.
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Commissioning Homes for Children Looked After & Care Leavers PDPS - Lot 4 Rd 7
London Borough of Newham is reopening Lot 4 of a pseudo-dynamic purchasing system for independent fostering agencies regulated by Ofsted. The system provides placements for looked after children, care leavers, and young people who are homeless or at risk.
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Individual Placement Scheme (IPS)
London Borough of Merton and five neighbouring boroughs seek an Individual Placement and Support service for adults in drug and alcohol treatment. The provider will help clients obtain and sustain paid employment using IPS principles and fidelity standards.
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Homeless Singles Supported Housing Service
Westminster City Council is recommissioning a supported housing service for single homeless people with complex needs. The service provides accommodation-based support across 58 bedspaces in six properties (three 24/7 staffed and three step-down units) in Marylebone and Maida Vale.
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SK - age 11 White British/Irish Carers needed for female.
London Borough of Haringey is seeking carers for SK, an 11-year-old girl who needs a culturally matched (White British/Irish) placement. She attends school in Tottenham Hale and is subject to an Interim Care Order.
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Hammersmith and Fulham Advocacy Services for Adults
Hammersmith and Fulham Council wants a single integrated advocacy service for adults covering both statutory duties and community advocacy. The provider will act as lead, coordinating a network of specialist organisations and managing a single referral point.
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Camden Rough Sleeping outreach service (formerly known as the 'Routes off the Streets' service)
Camden is seeking a six-year contract to run its outreach service supporting rough sleepers in the borough to access housing and support. The service is currently known as Routes Off the Street and the existing contract expires in March 2026.
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Framework for Healthcare-Related Substance Use Services
London Borough of Hackney is establishing a framework for healthcare-related substance use services under the Provider Selection Regime. The framework runs for up to four years and is split into 13 lots.
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Gamelan Music therapy
North London NHS Foundation Trust wants weekly gamelan music-making sessions for a mental health unit at HMP Wormwood Scrubs. The sessions aim to build self-confidence, communication, and social skills among participants.
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Framework for Non-Healthcare Substance Use Services Framework
London Borough of Hackney is establishing a 4-year framework for seven lots of non-healthcare substance use services, including needle provision, employment support, housing support, community navigation, custody assessment, and legal advice for people with substance use needs.
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A Mentoring service for young people at risk of serious youth violence
Barking & Dagenham wants a mentoring service for 11–25-year-olds at risk of gang involvement or exploitation. The service will be referred clients from the Youth Offending Service and help them access education, training, and employment.