How to win: Temporary Accommodation and Support Services Single Women and Families

About this contract

Lot 1: A dedicated women’s supported housing service offering safe, self-contained, single-sex accommodation and trauma-informed support for women who are homeless, at risk of homelessness or rough sleeping. The service will focus on housing related support, independence and planned move-on. Lot 2: Supported housing for families who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness and who require accommodation and housing-related support to obtain, sustain and progress from accommodation. The Service will provide a flexible mix of dispersed and scheme-based accommodation, with trauma-informed, strengths-based support that promotes stability, independence and successful move-on into settled housing.

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Sheffield City Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £2,771,505, 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 9 October 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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