Contract awardedHousing first

WCC Housing First

Westminster City Council
London
Open procedure
1 June 2026 to 31 May 2029

Commissioning of an intensive floating support model for Housing First, split into two lots: a generic mixed-gender service for up to 48 users and a specialist service for up to 36 women affected by VAWG. The contract includes provisions for scaling capacity by an additional 10-14 users based on funding and governance approval, requiring a model of one support worker per five to seven service users.

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Awarded value: £4m; As published
Published: 9 June 2025
Awarded: 17 February 2026; Solace Women's Aid and Single Homeless Project
Contract length: 36 months; Ends 31 May 2029

What the contract covers

Lot

Provision of intensive floating support services for homeless individuals, including specialist support for women affected by domestic violence.

Delivering this service primarily for clients who are currently in social tenancies through Housing First and to allow flexibility to accommodate new service users where new tenancies become available
Delivering a generic Housing First mixed gender service supporting up to 48 service users
Providing a specialist service for women affected by Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) to support up to 36 women

Lot	Estimated value	SMEs
Lot 1	Not stated	Not stated
Lot 2	Not stated	Not stated

Terms and requirements

Contract type: Lot
Procedure: Open procedure
Initial term: 36 months
Extensions: 12 months + 12 months + 12 months
Longest it can run: 72 months
Contract dates: 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2029
Certifications asked for: None stated
Lots: 2
Suitable for SMEs: Yes
Suitable for charities and social enterprises: Yes
Category: Services
CPV codes: 70333000, 85310000, 85000000

Services in this contract

Housing FirstMain service£800k typicalHousing First support in two lots: generic and VAWG-specialist

Lifecycle

Published
9 June 2025
Contract awardedto Solace Women's Aid and Single Homeless Project
17 February 2026
Contract starts
1 June 2026
Contract ends
31 May 2029

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Westminster City Council

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Solace Women's Aid

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Single Homeless Project

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Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/322995/wcc-housing-first
Buyer reference: PRJ_30525
Open contracting ID: ocds-h6vhtk-054516
Last checked: 5 November 2026

Westminster City Council. WCC Housing First. Contract award, 9 June 2025. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/322995/wcc-housing-first (accessed 5 November 2026).