Housing First and Couples Move on Pathway
The procurement contact named on the official notice.
The submission route named on the official notice.
This sits in the lower-middle of the Health & Social Care band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.
Reading Borough Council's Health & Social Care cycle is past due — it ran about every 19 months across 3 notices, and the door is open now. It may re-tender at any time.
34% of Reading Borough Council’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.
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RBC are completing an ITT exercise for the provision of Housing First and Couples Move on Pathway - 3.1.
The Housing First and Couples Move On Support service provides housing led, intensive support to people sleeping rough or at high risk of repeat homelessness in Reading, particularly those with multiple and complex needs.
It prioritises rapid access to secure, independent accommodation, with flexible, person-centred support focused on sustaining tenancies, improving health and wellbeing, and reducing returns to rough sleeping.
Suppliers that would like to take part in this process are invited to "Express Interest" upon which they will be given access to the full documentation delivered through this portal.
Documents can be accessed from the "My Tenders" area of this website by selecting the "View Details" button for the project.
Expressions of interest will only be accepted until 23:59 09/10/2026.
Any questions relating to this opportunity should be made via the correspondence link on this portal.
What the notice asks for
The Housing First and Couples Move On
The Housing First and Couples Move On Support service provides housing led, intensive support to people sleeping rough or at high risk of repeat homelessness in Reading, particularly those with multiple and complex needs.
It prioritises rapid access to secure, independent
It prioritises rapid access to secure, independent accommodation, with flexible, person-centred support focused on sustaining tenancies, improving health and wellbeing, and reducing returns to rough sleeping.
Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.
What it takes to bid this
Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.
Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%
Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack
- Hold at bidCQC registration / safeguarding policies
- Plan for deliveryDBS-checked staff & vetting process
- Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
- Show at bidComparable references / case studies
- Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
- Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
- Show at bidSocial value commitments
Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.
Make the case to bid
Reveal who to approach at Reading Borough Council, and generate a go-to-market strategy from their news, accounts and people.
Free to start. Named contacts come from published notices; the strategy is generated from the buyer’s news, accounts and people.
The full intelligence dossier
Our agent reads Reading Borough Council’s accounts, hunts live signals, finds the people who decide — and hands you a bid strategy plus a go-to-market influence plan, including what your team should post this week. You approve every paid step.
Five included while we’re in beta, and the agent asks before it spends on any paid step.
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- ocds-h6vhtk-06f4ce
- Stage
- tender · Open
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Buyer ref
- 084999-2026
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