How to win: Open Framework for Temporary Accommodation Nightly Let Services

About this contract

Milton Keynes City Council are currently out to tender for the Open Framework for Temporary Accommodation Nightly Let Services. This arrangement will be structured as three successive and overlapping framework periods, enabling the Council to periodically re-open the framework. This approach will: • Support continued market engagement • Promote ongoing competition and value for money • Enable supplier refresh opportunities and market entry • Ensure compliance with the Open Framework provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 • Provide flexibility to adapt to changing service requirements and market conditions All Local Authorities have a statutory duty under the Housing Act 1996 Part VII, (as amended by the Homelessness Act 2002) where appropriate, to provide interim emergency temporary accommodation for homeless applicants pending investigations into their application. Local Authorities also have additional statutory powers to provide help and assistance to other categories of people. Often this requires Local Authorities to provide accommodation to some of the most vulnerable members of the community, including for example people with mental health issues, physical disabilities and

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Milton Keynes City Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £115,080,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 4 December 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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