Homeless Services

{
  "awards": [
    {
      "aboveThreshold": true,
      "contractPeriod": {
        "endDate": "2029-03-31T23:59:59+01:00",
        "maxExtentDate": "2030-03-31T23:59:59+01:00",
        "startDate": "2026-04-01T00:00:00+01:00"
      },
      "documents": [
        {
          "datePublished": "2025-09-25T16:17:00+01:00",
          "description": "Transparency notice on Find a Tender",
          "documentType": "awardNotice",
          "format": "text/html",
          "id": "059842-2025",
          "noticeType": "UK5",
          "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059842-2025"
        }
      ],
      "hasRenewal": true,
      "id": "1",
      "items": [
        {
          "additionalClassifications": [
            {
              "description": "Housing services",
              "id": "70333000",
              "scheme": "CPV"
            }
          ],
          "deliveryAddresses": [
            {
              "country": "GB",
              "countryName": "United Kingdom",
              "region": "UKD6"
            }
          ],
          "id": "1",
          "relatedLot": "1"
        }
      ],
      "mainProcurementCategory": "services",
      "milestones": [
        {
          "dueDate": "2025-10-28T23:59:59Z",
          "id": "1",
          "status": "scheduled",
          "type": "futureSignatureDate"
        }
      ],
      "relatedLots": [
        "1"
      ],
      "renewal": {
        "description": "up to one year extension should that be required"
      },
      "status": "pending",
      "suppliers": [
        {
          "id": "GB-COH-IP19269R",
          "name": "BIRKENHEAD FORUM HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED"
        }
      ],
      "value": {
        "amountGross": 13000000,
        "currency": "GBP"
      }
    }
  ],
  "buyer": {
    "id": "GB-PPON-PCJB-2814-BHZP",
    "name": "Cheshire West and Chester Council"
  },
  "date": "2025-09-25T16:17:00+01:00",
  "id": "059842-2025",
  "initiationType": "tender",
  "language": "en",
  "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-04fc5c",
  "parties": [
    {
      "address": {
        "country": "GB",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "locality": "Ellesmere Port",
        "postalCode": "CH65 0BA",
        "region": "UKD63",
        "streetAddress": "The Portal, Wellington Road"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "centralprocurement@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk"
      },
      "details": {
        "classifications": [
          {
            "description": "Public authority - sub-central government",
            "id": "publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment",
            "scheme": "UK_CA_TYPE"
          }
        ]
      },
      "id": "GB-PPON-PCJB-2814-BHZP",
      "identifier": {
        "id": "PCJB-2814-BHZP",
        "scheme": "GB-PPON"
      },
      "name": "Cheshire West and Chester Council",
      "roles": [
        "buyer"
      ]
    },
    {
      "additionalIdentifiers": [
        {
          "id": "PJNW-2595-QJGT",
          "scheme": "GB-PPON"
        }
      ],
      "address": {
        "country": "GB",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "locality": "Birkenhead",
        "postalCode": "CH41 1AL",
        "region": "UKD74",
        "streetAddress": "24-28 Hamilton Street"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "lisa.leece@forumhousing.co.uk"
      },
      "details": {
        "scale": "sme",
        "url": "http://www.forumhousing.co.uk",
        "vcse": true
      },
      "id": "GB-COH-IP19269R",
      "identifier": {
        "id": "IP19269R",
        "scheme": "GB-COH"
      },
      "name": "BIRKENHEAD FORUM HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED",
      "roles": [
        "supplier"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tag": [
    "award",
    "contract"
  ],
  "tender": {
    "description": "To direct award a Homeless Support contract to Birkenhead Forum Housing Association Limited (Forum) for a period of three years plus a one-year extension.\nStart Date: 1 April 2026\nEnd date:   31 March 2029. Plus, a one-year extension.",
    "documents": [
      {
        "description": "Not published",
        "documentType": "conflictOfInterest",
        "id": "conflictOfInterest"
      }
    ],
    "id": "ocds-h6vhtk-04fc5c",
    "legalBasis": {
      "id": "2023/54",
      "scheme": "UKPGA",
      "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents"
    },
    "lots": [
      {
        "id": "1",
        "status": "complete",
        "suitability": {
          "sme": true,
          "vcse": true
        }
      }
    ],
    "procurementMethod": "direct",
    "procurementMethodDetails": "Direct award",
    "procurementMethodRationale": "The current service provider has indicated their intention to unilaterally end the current arrangement by 31 March. Failure to agree a planned withdrawal of services will put those services at significant risk. The urgency of the situation is unavoidable, nor is it of the Council\u0027s making.\nThe services to be procured are statutory and could not be  competitively procured and mobilised in the period available.",
    "procurementMethodRationaleClassifications": [
      {
        "id": "urgency"
      }
    ],
    "status": "complete",
    "title": "Homeless Services"
  }
}