Coming up· published 14 Jan 2026
West London Direct Payments Service for Homelessness Prevention and Ending Rough Sleeping
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea · Kensington and Chelsea, London
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is planning West London Direct Payments Service for Homelessness Prevention and Ending Rough Sleeping. It is a contract for other health and social care in Kensington and Chelsea.
Source: Find a Tender, published 14 Jan 2026. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2026
Pipeline notice published
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 16:05
View notice2026
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2026
Contract starts
Next
2027
Contract ends
1 year after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is planning West London Direct Payments Service for Homelessness Prevention and Ending Rough Sleeping. It is a contract for other health and social care in Kensington and Chelsea. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The estimated value is £500,000. The contract runs from 31 March 2026 to 31 March 2027. It lasts 1 year.
Find a Tender published it on 14 January 2026. The notice number is 003216-2026. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-0605f5. Bids are made through the buyer's Delta eSourcing portal.
Summary of the contracting process
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, acting on behalf of the West London Housing Partnership, is currently in the planning stage of a procurement process titled "West London Direct Payments Service for Homelessness Prevention and Ending Rough Sleeping."
This initiative seeks to engage suppliers to provide a match-funded direct payment service aimed at preventing homelessness and reducing rough sleeping in the regions including Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham, Brent, Ealing, Hillingdon, Hounslow, and Harrow. The procurement, which falls under the health and social work services category, is set to commence from 1st April 2026, spanning until 31st March 2027.
Interested providers should submit their engagement questionnaires by noon on 28th January 2026, as market engagement activities and potential further dialogues will occur through early 2026. This opportunity presents significant potential for businesses with a proven track record in personalised budget or direct payment services, especially those capable of providing 100% match funding to maximise the council's £500,000 investment.
The project aims to rapidly facilitate access to funds for at-risk individuals, thus providing a critical service in the social work sector. Organisations operating within the health and social services industry with sufficient capacity for scale and innovation would be ideal candidates to engage in this project.
The notice in full
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 PS500,000 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: delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Health-and-soci... To respond to this opportunity, please click here: delta-esourcing.com/respond/YP328652G8
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 31 Mar 2026 to 31 Mar 2027 (1 year)
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Buyer's portal
- Delta eSourcing
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
- Tender value
- £500,000
Not stated in the notice: lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planning
- Lots
- Planning
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 003216-2026
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0605f5
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services; 85300000 - Social work and related services; 85320000 - Social services; 85323000 - Community health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Town
- West London
- Postcode
- W8 7NX
- Electoral ward
- Campden
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater
- Delivery area
- Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham, TLI73 Ealing, TLI74 Harrow and Hillingdon, TLI75 Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames
- Region
- London
- Sub-region
- Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham
- Area
- Inner London - West
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
- Category
- Services
- Address
- London, W8 7NX · London · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Documents and links
- Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003216-2026
- Delta eSourcing portal, to register and biddelta-esourcing.com/respond/YP328652G8
- Delta-esourcing.comdelta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Health-and-social-w…
- Legislation.gov.uklegislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-0605f5 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about this tender
When will the West London Direct Payments Service for Homelessness Prevention and Ending… tender open?
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
How much is the West London Direct Payments Service for Homelessness Prevention and Ending… contract worth?
The estimated value is £500,000. The contract runs from 31 March 2026 to 31 March 2027 (1 year).
Who is the buyer for West London Direct Payments Service for Homelessness Prevention and Ending…?
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, based in Kensington and Chelsea, London.
How do I bid for West London Direct Payments Service for Homelessness Prevention and Ending…?
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