Regional Care Cooperative – Supported Accommodation

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), through its Regional Care Cooperative (RCC), is establishing a £20 million supported accommodation framework for children aged 16–17 transitioning from care and care-experienced young people.

The eight-year open framework aims to increase access to safe, supported accommodation and coordinated services as young people prepare for adulthood. Where a young person receives support across different lots, providers will be expected to collaborate to deliver a coordinated pathway.

Lots Available

• Lot 1 – Building-Based Support: £12.1m – 24-hour supported accommodation, transitional support and step-down planning.
• Lot 2 – Moving On Support: £1.975m – floating support, tenancy sustainment, community integration and lasting connections.
• Lot 3 – Emotional Health and Wellbeing: £1.975m – emotional wellbeing, mental health and relationship support.
• Lot 4 – Life Skills and Opportunities: £1.975m – tenancy readiness, employment and training, rights and entitlements and wider life skills.
• Lot 5 – Complex Safeguarding: £1.975m – support relating to offending, Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) and Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE).

Providers can bid for and be awarded one lot only. The framework has no stated maximum number of suppliers and call-offs will be made through direct awards without further competition.

Contract Information

Buyer: Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Deadline: 20 November 2026, 12:00pm
Enquiry Deadline: 10 November 2026, 11:59pm
Contract Value: £20,000,000 excluding VAT (£24,000,000 including VAT)
Delivery Length: 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2035 – 8 years
Tender Link: The Chest procurement portal

The framework can be used by the 10 Greater Manchester councils and is identified as particularly suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs).

Evaluation Criteria

• Technical Questions – 55%
• Interview and Presentation – 30%
• Pricing – 15%

The process includes an initial pass/fail selection stage followed by written evaluation and a shortlisted interview and scenario-based presentation. The final stage will include questions from a young people’s panel.

The framework represents a significant long-term opportunity for supported accommodation and specialist support providers working with care-experienced young people across Greater Manchester.

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