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Accommodation and Integrated Pathway for Adults Experiencing Homelessness and Multiple Disadvantage - Market Engagement
Milton Keynes City Council · Local authority
In brief
Milton Keynes City Council has announced plans to buy care and healthcare work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.
The estimated value is £3,600,000 excluding VAT.
The contract runs for 5 years, starting 22 March 2027.
The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
Can I win this?
Competition
Typical: a median of 5 bids per contract for this buyer (from 12 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
Milton Keynes City Council is exploring future models for the delivery of accommodation-based support for adults experiencing homelessness, housing instability and multiple disadvantage. The Council wishes to test the market's capacity to deliver an integrated accommodation and progression pathway that combines: • accommodation; • housing management; • intensive person-centred support; • progression planning; • move-on into settled housing; and • tenancy sustainment. The Council wishes to better understand the market's ability to move beyond traditional accommodation provision or stand-alone support services to inform the future development of a model where accommodation, support and…Read the full description
Milton Keynes City Council is exploring future models for the delivery of accommodation-based support for adults experiencing homelessness, housing instability and multiple disadvantage.
The Council wishes to test the market's capacity to deliver an integrated accommodation and progression pathway that combines:
• accommodation;
• housing management;
• intensive person-centred support;
• progression planning;
• move-on into settled housing; and
• tenancy sustainment.
The Council wishes to better understand the market's ability to move beyond traditional accommodation provision or stand-alone support services to inform the future development of a model where accommodation, support and progression are designed and delivered as a single, integrated pathway.
The Council considers accommodation to be a key intervention in achieving improved outcomes rather than simply the setting in which support is delivered.
We are keen to hear from providers on the questions published contained within the market engagement document on our e-tendering portal In-Tend . The responses to the questions will help the Council in developing the specification and the tender.
Please respond to the questions within the attached document by latest 5pm on 2nd September 2026 via In-Tend Correspondence section/market engagement stage.
The Market Engagement document can be accessed on our e-tendering portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/milton-keynes/aspx/Home
How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 078887-2026
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 078901-2026
About the buyer
Milton Keynes City CouncilLast 12 months
Procurements
107Awards
39Suppliers it has used most for care
- Bedford On Call Limited1 contract
- Hands in Harmony Home Care Services Limited1 contract
- Intuitive Thinking Skills Ltd1 contract
- Jigsaw Care Services Ltd1 contract
Similar open tenders
All open care tenders- £82kestimated
- £79mframework ceiling
- £35kestimated
- £36mframework ceiling
- £2.46mestimated
From notice 078887-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 19 August 2026, last updated 19 August 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.