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Westminster City Council's Westminster VCS Homelessness Prevention Training Pilot

Awarded to Neighbourly Lab

Westminster City Council(buyer)

Published
Published 19 January 2026
Deadline
Closed 23 July 2026

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Overview

Westminster City Council is procuring a provider to deliver a 12-month homelessness prevention pilot (September 2026–August 2027) centred on training and capacity building for Voluntary and Community Sector organisations in North Paddington, with an option to extend for a further 12 months and expand to wider Westminster. The provider will deliver training on upstream prevention and housing support, co-design community resources, provide organisational development support to VCS partners, and evaluate pilot outcomes. The contract is valued at £150,000 for the initial phase with a £100,000 option to extend.

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Key details

Country
United Kingdom
Status
In delivery
Category
Services
Estimated value
£250,000
Procedure
Below threshold - open competition
Rules
Procurement Act 2023
SME suitable
Yes
Published
19 January 2026
Questions by
15 July 2026
Deadline
Closed
Classification (CPV)
Personal development training services

Award outcome

Awarded value
£249,451
Award date
10 September 2026
Contract period
31 August 2026 → 31 August 2027
Contract length
1 year
Could run to
22 September 2028
Bids received
2
Winner
  • Neighbourly Lab

This contract ends on 31 August 2027, or 22 September 2028 if every extension is used.

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About the winner

Neighbourly Lab

Based in
London
Public contracts won
5
Across UK and EU notices

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Competition and scoring

Bids received

2

2 from SMEs

Open and restricted tenders in Education and training services drew a median of 4 bids over the last 24 months; 20% received only one.

Market context

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£56,065

Median of 7,112 awards in the last 24 months

This award is 4.5× the median.

Westminster City Council in the last 12 months

79

contracts awarded, worth £279,708,888 in total

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Notice history

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  1. Contract

    11 September 2026

  2. Contract Notice

    23 June 2026

  3. Prior Information Notice

    26 May 2026

  4. Prior Information Notice

    19 January 2026

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