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Plymouth Adults' Care Home Framework (Reopening 1)
Plymouth City Council is reopening its adults' care home framework to add registered residential and nursing care homes in the PL postcode area. Providers will offer accommodation and support ranging from daily living assistance to complex nursing care.
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Rossendale Resettler Support and Signposting Service (LRSSS)
Rossendale Borough Council wants a provider to run a free, in-person support and signposting service for refugees, asylum seekers, evacuees and others who've arrived through forced migration. The service covers casework, weekly drop-ins (minimum 6 hours per week), housing and healthcare signposting, and monthly legal advice from an Immigration Advice Authority accredited adviser.
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Warwickshire Care Home Pathway 2 Residential Short Stay Bed Block Contracts
Warwickshire County Council is commissioning block contracts for short-stay residential care beds for adults being discharged from hospital. The service includes assessment beds, moving-on beds for people awaiting home circumstances to be resolved, and discharge-to-assess beds.
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NCC1495 Provision of Community Welfare Advice Services in Northumberland
Northumberland County Council is commissioning a provider to deliver community welfare advice services across the county, aimed at reducing inequalities and supporting people to live healthier lives. The contract runs for an unspecified term and is valued at £2.34m.
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Provision of Post 16 Supported Accommodation and Support Services Framework (2)
Bradford Children & Families Trust is establishing an open framework for supported accommodation and support services for vulnerable young people aged 16–25, including care leavers and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. The framework spans five accommodation models: single occupancy/supported tenancy, specialist UASC accommodation, emergency/crisis accommodation, supported lodgings, and outreach/floating support.
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Student Assistance and Support Services
APUC is seeking providers of counselling, student support helpline, and online mental health and wellbeing support services to Scottish higher and further education institutions. The contract is worth £800,000.
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Funded Early Learning and Childcare Places Framework Agreement - Reopening May 2026
Scottish Borders Council is reopening its framework for funded early learning and childcare places, seeking qualified providers to deliver childcare services alongside its existing arrangements. This is a framework agreement, not a one-off contract.
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NHS SY ICB - Individual Placement Support for Severe Mental Impairment for SMI
NHS South Yorkshire ICB is commissioning Individual Placement Support (IPS) services to help people with severe mental illness find and keep employment. The service is based on evidence that work supports recovery and wellbeing.
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Strengthening community capacity - commissioning proposal for governance support and volunteer development roles
Telford & Wrekin Council is outsourcing governance support and volunteer development functions to a voluntary or community sector organisation. Two existing officer roles will transfer under TUPE to the successful bidder.
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Student Counselling Services (Distance Learning and Overseas)
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is seeking counselling services for its distance learning and overseas students. The contract is worth £60,000.
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Dame Gertrude House Supported Living Service
24/7 on-site accommodation-based support service for men aged 18+ with complex mental health and dual diagnosis needs who are homeless or at risk. Single service based in Ealing.
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Oldham Lived Experience Recovery Support Service for Substance Use
Oldham Council wants to commission a recovery support service for adults with drug or alcohol use issues, delivered by staff with lived experience of substance use and recovery. The service will be community-based and work alongside the wider treatment system.
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Short Term Supported Accommodation Service for Domestic Abuse and Homeless Families at Grangeway Court in Runcorn
Halton Borough Council needs a service to run short-term supported accommodation at Grangeway Court in Runcorn for two groups: families and single adults fleeing domestic abuse, and homeless families. The service includes housing, support to move into permanent accommodation, and up to 6 weeks' resettlement help.
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Holiday Activity and Food Programme Management
Birmingham City Council is appointing a single organisation to deliver holiday activities and meals for school-aged children eligible for benefits-related free school meals during school holidays. The contract runs from October 2026 for 2.5 years with a possible one-year extension.
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CHISVA
Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner is procuring an independent sexual violence adviser service for children and young people. The service will provide guidance and counselling to victims of sexual violence.
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Domestic Abuse Services 2026
Leicestershire County Council is commissioning four separate services to support domestic abuse victims and their children across the county: trauma-informed counselling for adults, therapeutic support for children, a family intervention service, and outreach support. The contract runs for two years from December 2026.
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Homecare Sevices
Mid South Essex NHS is establishing a 4-year framework for homecare services including low, mid and high tech home medical treatment, medication delivery, and remote patient monitoring with virtual wards.
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DHSC: OHID: National Breast Feeding Helpline 2026
DHSC is commissioning a provider to run the National Breastfeeding Helpline, delivering free advice and support to families across the UK via telephone and digital channels. The service includes call handling, a public website, safeguarding, and quality assurance.
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Youth Mentoring and Diversion Programme
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough wants a provider to deliver weekly face-to-face mentoring and diversionary activities for young people aged 13–18 involved in or at risk of serious violence. The programme should be trauma-informed, non-discriminatory, and work in partnership with youth justice and statutory services.
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Adult Pathway - Phase 2
Camden Council is seeking a provider to deliver accommodation-based support for single vulnerable adults with medium to high support needs who have experienced homelessness. The service must offer a minimum of 132 units across one or more properties and help residents develop life skills to move toward independent living.
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Short Breaks 2026-2029
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board wants a third sector organisation to provide short breaks support for unpaid carers. The role includes a community facilitator to signpost and arrange breaks, plus direct funding for short breaks like holidays, activities or experiences.
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Mental Health Inpatient Services - Independent Sector Provider - Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is establishing a framework for independent sector providers to supply acute inpatient mental health beds. The contract covers separate blocks of beds for patients aged 50+ and 18+, plus spot purchase capacity.
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Invitation to Tender for an Out of Hours Homelessness Service Across Derbyshire and Staffordshire Moorlands
A consortium of nine councils across Derbyshire and Staffordshire Moorlands needs a contractor to run an out-of-hours homelessness service. The service will operate evenings, nights and weekends when daytime teams are not available.
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Provision of Deep and Blitz Cleaning
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham needs a contractor to provide deep and blitz cleaning services for residential properties and vulnerable residents as part of its statutory duties under the Care Act 2014. Work covers multiple locations across the borough.
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Best Start in Life Programme- Support for Families Services
Hull City Council wants organisations to deliver the Best Start in Life Programme supporting families. The service runs from October 2026 to March 2029 with optional two-year extension.