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HCC - 09/26 - Provision of Support at Home Lead Provider Services
Hertfordshire County Council is tendering for lead providers to deliver social care at home to people meeting Care Act eligibility criteria across 11 district lots. Each lot covers one district, and a single provider can hold a maximum of 4 lots.
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Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF)
Dudley Council is looking for a Lead Delivery Partner to run its Holiday Activities and Food Programme. The role involves coordinating delivery, administering grants, ensuring compliance, and driving outcomes and reach across the scheme.
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SOL30199 SOL Enablement and Mental Health Drop-in Services 2026
Solihull Council is commissioning prevention and early intervention mental health services. This includes a 12-week enablement programme delivering one-to-one support for daily living skills and independence, plus a six-days-a-week drop-in mental wellbeing service across multiple community venues in Solihull.
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Income Maximisation, Welfare and Debt Advice Service
Edinburgh Council is appointing providers to deliver income maximisation, welfare and debt advice services across the city. The contract is split into four lots covering north Edinburgh, south Edinburgh, disability-focused service, and an advice network support coordinator role.
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Temporary Accommodation and Support Services Single Women and Families
Sheffield City Council is procuring two lots of temporary accommodation and housing-related support: one for single homeless women, and one for homeless families. Both services emphasise trauma-informed support and planned move-on to settled housing.
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BLC0360 - Drug Test on Arrest (DToA) Referral and Intervention Service
Durham Police and Crime Commissioner wants a drug test on arrest (DToA) referral and intervention service covering the force area. This is a reissued tender with revised specifications following a discontinued earlier exercise.
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Housing First and Couples Move on Pathway
Reading Borough Council is seeking a provider for Housing First and Couples Move on Pathway - a service offering intensive, housing-led support to people sleeping rough or at high risk of repeat homelessness, with complex needs. The service focuses on rapid access to independent accommodation, tenancy support, and reducing returns to rough sleeping.
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Young People's Supported Accommodation Pathway - Mixed Support
Camden is seeking a provider for supported accommodation and support services for vulnerable young people aged 16-25, including looked-after children, care experienced young people, and unaccompanied separated children. The service must provide a minimum of 15 units across a staged pathway towards independent living.
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COV - Engaging Fathers 2026
Coventry City Council wants to procure a service to strengthen mental health and wellbeing support for fathers with children under 5 as part of their Best Start for Life programme. The service aims to improve outcomes in this area.
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Provision of a Recovery Service (Alcohol and Drugs)
Inverclyde Council wants a provider to deliver recovery services for alcohol and drug users, aligned with their 2024-2029 strategy. The service aims to help individuals, families and communities reduce harm and achieve recovery.
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25074 Cambridgeshire County Council Childrens Services Independent Complaints
Cambridgeshire County Council is looking for an independent complaints service for children's services. The contract is worth £325,500.
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Reopening of the Over 65 Residential Care Home Framework for Swindon
Swindon Borough Council is reopening its Over 65s residential care home framework to admit new providers. This is an annual intake into an existing framework that began on 1 January 2026, not a fresh procurement.
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CONTRACT FOR DELIVERY OF AN ADVICE SERVICE UNDER THE CRISIS RESILIENCE FUND
Hartlepool Borough Council is commissioning a proactive advice and support service to help residents improve their financial resilience. The service is funded through the Crisis Resilience Fund.
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Early Emotional and Wellbeing Support for Perinatal Mothers Service
Manchester City Council wants to commission early emotional and wellbeing support for mothers during and after pregnancy. The service will help perinatal mothers with emotional and mental health needs.
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Multiple Disadvantage and Housing Support Alliance
Sheffield City Council is commissioning a £21.9m integrated floating support service for people experiencing multiple disadvantage (homelessness, mental health needs, substance use, criminal justice involvement, domestic abuse). The service must be delivered by an alliance of suppliers working together across three age/pathway groups.
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Regulation 44 visits and reports
Oldham Council needs someone to carry out Regulation 44 statutory visits to its children's residential homes and write reports on standards of care. The service covers all current in-house settings plus one additional home from summer 2027.
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Resilience, Inclusion, Strengths and Enablement (RISE)
Cornwall Council is commissioning trauma-informed prevention and enablement services for adults experiencing homelessness, mental health issues, substance use, neurodivergence or learning disabilities. The services aim to help people secure and keep housing, develop life skills, and build resilience.
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Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC) Support Services
The Home Office needs support services for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children arriving in the UK. Services include intake operations at Kent and orientation sessions to help children navigate the asylum process.
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RCC-1587 - Domiciliary Care (OPEN FRAMEWORK)
Rutland County Council is establishing an open framework for domiciliary care services. The aim is to support people to remain independent, active and safe while preventing or reducing care needs through integrated, person-centred support.
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Early Learning, Childcare and Brokerage Services
Dumfries and Galloway Council is reopening its framework for providers to deliver funded early learning and childcare, and brokerage placements for eligible children. Any provider meeting the council's standards and procedural requirements can apply to join.
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Nearest Relative Proxy Service
Coventry City Council needs a Nearest Relative Proxy service to act as the legal Nearest Relative under the Mental Health Act for people with no appropriate family member or friend able to take that role. The service will support approximately 10 individuals per year, with flexibility to handle between 0 and 20.
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Peep Learning Together Programme (Peep 3s) - VCSE
Nottinghamshire County Council wants a VCSE organisation to deliver Peep Learning Together, a programme for 3-4 year-olds and their parents in disadvantaged communities. The aim is to improve school readiness and reduce inequality.
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Attendance Allowance Appointments
South Cambridgeshire District Council wants a contractor to deliver around 200 one-to-one appointments supporting residents to apply for Attendance Allowance. The contractor will discuss eligibility, help complete application forms, and signpost other health and wellbeing support.
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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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Social Care Agency Workers Flexible Framework Agreement
Scotland Excel is establishing a national flexible framework agreement for supply of trained and vetted social care agency workers across various care settings. New suppliers can join after the framework is set up.