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Westmorland and Furness Council

Overnight Security Services for Homelessness Temporary Accommodation

Business ServicesCPV 79710000
Value£432,000
Deadline5 Aug 2026
Published8 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide

£432,000 — stated in the notice, including VAT

Timeline
Published 8 Jul 2026ClosedCloses 5 Aug 2026
Who to contact
Procurement.Capital.WAF@Cumbria.gov.uk

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The tender is advertised via The Chest (Ref: DN818841) , if you are not already registered on the portal the help you need to get started can be found here https://www.the-chest.org.uk/. All details are in the documents within the tender and available via the above portal. Should you have any further questions please direct them via the messaging system on The Chest.

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Contract value in context
£432ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This is a large award for Business Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Westmorland and Furness Council has a statutory duty to provide advice and assistance to people who are threatened with or experiencing homelessness, including the provision of interim and/or temporary accommodation in accordance with homelessness legislation and the Homelessness Code of Guidance.

The Council operates homelessness services across its administrative area, including a homelessness hostel in Kendal and a three bed temporary accommodation at a satellite site within the W&F footprint.

The Council is seeking the provision of an overnight waking night security service to support the safe and secure operation of the Hostel and to provide remote oversight of temporary accommodation during overnight hours.

Requirements

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Westmorland and Furness Council has a statutory

Westmorland and Furness Council has a statutory duty to provide advice and assistance to people who are threatened with or experiencing homelessness, including the provision of interim and/or temporary accommodation in accordance with homelessness legislation and the Homelessness Code of Guidance.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c659
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
064201-2026
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