Awarded contract

Support Service for Women who are Sex Working in Leeds

Details

Buyer: Leeds City Council
Supplier(s): Basis Yorkshire Limited
Value: £1,352,537.48
Topic: Health and social work services
Published: 19 December 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Lot 1: The service carries out assertive outreach and engagement activity in a range of settings, focusing on the women with the most complex needs and most at risk, working to build trusting relationships with these individuals. The service provides holistic, one to one intensive support, peer support and groups which aim to empower the women while acknowledging how past trauma has affected them. They support vulnerable women to access the services they need and make positive changes in their lives, which will deliver significant mental and physical health outcomes and improve their safety.

Timeline

Completed: Award date10 December 2019
Completed: Award published19 December 2025
Current notice

About the buyer

Leeds City Council buys as a local authority, running commercial activity through Jaggaer, its source-to-contract system. Suppliers register on Jaggaer, list their capabilities and receive email alerts for new opportunities. Tender notices appear on Find a Tender under the Procurement Act 2023, and the council's live contract register is searchable on YORtender. A forward procurement pipeline on Data Mill North lists anticipated commercial activity for the next 24 months. Contract Procedure Rules set out how every purchase is carried out, whether competitively tendered or not. A voluntary Faster Payment Scheme settles invoices early for a small discount.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Leeds City Council's contract awards have been in construction work, health and social work and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

85000000 · Health and social work services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@leeds-city-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@leeds-city-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@leeds-city-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@leeds-city-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@leeds-city-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@leeds-city-council.gov