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Flexible contracting agreement (FCA) for Birmingham Virtual School Enrichment Services
Birmingham City Council is establishing a flexible contracting agreement to provide enrichment services for looked-after children and young people in care. The contract is divided into three lots covering careers guidance, short courses, and a third service (description cut off in the notice).
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Individual Placement & Support (Substance Use)
Leicestershire County Council wants to commission an Individual Placement & Support service for adults in substance use treatment who need help finding and keeping work. The provider must follow the IPS model and fidelity standards, with particular attention to rural access and the client's treatment journey.
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Rochdale Team Around the Young Person Accommodation Model (TAYPAS)
Rochdale Borough Council is commissioning 24/7 specialist supported accommodation for homeless young people aged 18–25 across three council-owned sites with 28 self-contained units total. The successful provider will lease the buildings from the council and deliver psychologically informed support services.
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Housing Related Support - Lot 3 - Rough Sleeper Services incorporating Part 1- Short Term Resettlement Accommodation and Support Services & Part 2 - Outreach, Engagement and Hub Services
North East Lincolnshire Council is procuring rough sleeper services split into two parts: short-term resettlement accommodation and support, plus outreach, engagement and hub services. The contract runs for an unspecified term with a budget of £2.2m.
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Digital Diabetes Prevention and Primary Hypertension Programme
NHS Scotland wants a single supplier to deliver a national digital programme for diabetes prevention and hypertension management, using behaviour change interventions. The supplier will be appointed to a framework agreement covering the whole of Scotland.
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Connect to Work - Local Commissioning
Lambeth Council is commissioning up to four providers to deliver Individual Placement and Support (IPS) 'Place and Train' employment support. The service moves people into work rapidly and provides 12 months of ongoing support to sustain employment, across four specialist areas: learning disabilities/autism, physical long-term health conditions, severe mental health conditions, and in-work support for residents at risk of job loss.
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Tender for the provision of General Management and Staffing for the Winter Shelter Provision
Herefordshire Council needs a supplier to run operational management and staffing for an emergency winter shelter for rough sleepers in Hereford. The service includes 24-hour waking cover, welfare checks, safeguarding, and day-to-day running of accommodation for up to 18 people.
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Wirral Advocacy Hub
Wirral Council is appointing a single organisation or consortium to run an Advocacy Hub providing statutory advocacy for social care and mental health, plus non-statutory advocacy linked to Care Act, Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act work. The service will also promote self-advocacy and peer advocacy.
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Stalking Perpetrator Intervention, Independent Victim Advocacy and System Wide Training
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall wants a specialist service to work with stalking perpetrators, provide independent victim advocacy, and deliver training across the three-force area. The service will sit within the multi-agency response and support Home Office funding objectives.
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Enhanced Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (SWEP) service
Wychavon District Council seeks a provider to deliver Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (SWEP) services, offering short-term emergency accommodation and support for people at risk of rough sleeping during winter months. The service runs seasonally from November to March each year.
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Direct Payment Support Service
Cheshire East Council is looking for a service to provide information, advice and guidance to residents about Direct Payments, plus help them recruit and manage Personal Assistants. The service will support people to set up and manage Direct Payments independently.
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BLC0339 - Drug Test on Arrest Scheme
Durham Police needs a centralised drug testing service for arrested individuals across the force area. The contract covers testing on arrest as part of custody procedures.
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Employee Benefits and Occupational Health Services
Framework for public sector employers to access occupational health services (health assessments, EAP, eyecare, hearing) and employee benefits platforms (discounts, rewards, salary sacrifice schemes). Two main divisions across six lots.
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A Bed Every Night Phase 6
Oldham Council is commissioning A Bed Every Night Phase 6, a supported accommodation service for up to 33 people sleeping rough, including six spaces for those with no recourse to public funds. The service operates across three buildings with an 18-bed central hub running 24 hours, plus support and housing management.
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Sensory Needs - Social Support Services
Support service for Bracknell Forest residents aged 18+ with visual impairment or deafblindness. Provision of person-centred information, advice and guidance to help people maintain independence.
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Rough Sleeping Outreach and Navigator Procurement
Oldham Council is commissioning a Rough Sleeping Initiative Navigator service to provide support for entrenched rough sleepers, helping with tenancy sustainment and accommodation pathways. The contract runs three years from April 2026, funded by GMCA.
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Contract for Connect to Work - Individual Placement & Support (IPS) - Darlington, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland and Stockton-On-Tees
Hartlepool Borough Council is procuring delivery of the Connect to Work programme, which provides individual placement and support to help disabled people and those with health conditions into or back to work. The contract runs until March 2030 across Darlington, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees, supporting up to 2,000 people per year.
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Provision of generalist social welfare information and advice
Tameside Council wants to provide generalist social welfare advice and information to residents. The contract is worth £580,000.
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T26/27-030 Mediation Service within Private Rented Sector Northern Ireland
Lisburn and Castlereagh Council is looking for a contractor to deliver a mediation service for the private rented sector in Northern Ireland. The contract is worth £250,000.
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The Provision of Drugs and Alcohol Counselling and Education at MCTC - UK4
The Ministry of Defence wants a three-year contract to provide drugs, alcohol, and anger management counselling and education at the Military Corrective Training Centre in Colchester. Services are one-to-one and group sessions during normal working hours, year-round.
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Care Technology Responder Service
Slough Borough Council wants a physical responder service to attend residents using technology-enabled care and alarms. The service must integrate with their wider care pathway, call handling, and social care teams.
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Plymouth Adults' Care Home Framework (Reopening 2)
Plymouth City Council is reopening its framework for registered residential and nursing care homes in the PL postcode area. Homes can join by tendering for standard provision, innovation-focused provision, or both lots.
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CBC-1985-FW-SK - Supported Accommodation for Care Experienced Young People 16+ Framework (ITT)
Central Bedfordshire Council is establishing a light touch framework for supported accommodation and support services for care-experienced young people and young people seeking sanctuary aged 16+. Providers must be Ofsted registered under the Supported Accommodation (England) Regulations 2023.
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West Yorkshire Domestic Abuse Perpetrator service using CARA (Cautioning and Relationship Abuse) Programme
West Yorkshire Combined Authority wants a provider to deliver and develop the CARA (Cautioning and Relationship Abuse) Programme, working with around 650 domestic abuse perpetrators per year who have received conditional cautions or voluntary referrals, plus associated victims willing to engage.
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Resettlement and Migration Support Services
Teignbridge District Council is commissioning a coordinated refugee and migration support service across the district. The service will support people resettled through schemes like Homes for Ukraine and other refugee resettlement programmes, building on existing partnership arrangements.