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Extra Care Services Miners Court

Cornwall Council

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

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14 Oct 2026 at 14:48

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
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06 Aug 2026 at 10:08

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Summary of the contracting process

Cornwall Council procured on-site care and support services for residents of Miners Court, an existing extra-care housing scheme in Cornwall. The requirement is to continue delivering care and support at the scheme, rather than to provide general social care across Cornwall. The work falls within social work services with accommodation. Coastline Housing Limited owns the site and was already providing the services under an existing contract with the Council. This is a site-specific service for people living in extra-care housing, combining care and support on site with the setting in which residents live.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Coastline Housing Limited. Cornwall Council used a direct award, relying on the supplier’s exclusive rights as site owner and the lack of a reasonable alternative for residents currently receiving Council-funded services. The award was dated 5 August 2026 and is valued at £27 million. The contract period runs from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2032, with two possible five-year extensions and a maximum stated duration of 15 years, to 31 March 2042. The procurement was not divided into competing service lots; the single lot is complete. The award is active, and a future contract signature was scheduled for 15 December 2026.

For suppliers assessing comparable future requirements from Cornwall Council, this award shows demand for sustained, on-site care and support within an extra-care housing scheme. A credible provider would need to deliver care and support to residents in situ and maintain continuity of service within a particular housing setting. The buyer’s stated rationale also makes site control commercially important: Coastline Housing owns Miners Court and was the incumbent provider, and the Council considered that the ownership rights left no reasonable alternative for current residents. Providers without access to the relevant site or rights to operate there may therefore be poorly placed to compete for this specific requirement. The award indicates a substantial, long-term service, rather than a short-term or stand-alone care commission.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Extra Care Services Miners Court

Notice Description

Delivery of on site care and support in the existing extra care Miners Court Extra Care Scheme.

Procurement Information

Cornwall Council (the "Authority") wishes to award a contract to the Supplier for the delivery of on-site care and support services, currently delivered at the extra care Miners Court housing scheme (the "the Scheme"). The Authority considers it can directly award a contract to the Supplier under section 41 of the Procurement Act 2023 in reliance on direct award justification in paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023. This allows direct award where: (a) due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required; and (b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works. The Supplier owns the site and is the current provider of care and support services at the Scheme under an existing contract with the Council (the "Existing Contract"). The Existing Contract is due to expire on 31 March 2027. As the landowner, the Supplier has exclusive rights which mean it has the ultimate right to determine which supplier can deliver the care services in the Scheme, and therefore limb (a) is satisfied. There are Council-funded service users are currently in situ and in receipt of the care services at the Scheme. There is no other extra care facility nearby which could offer alternative extra care provision to those existing services users, nor any new service users residing in the area. Whilst a new extra care scheme is in development nearby and could provide alternative service provision, it is not yet operational and is not expected to be until late 2028. As such, there is no reasonable alternative to the services at present and limb (b) is satisfied.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06dd38
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097091-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85311000 - Social work services with accommodation

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£27,000,000 £10M-£100M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
14 Oct 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
5 Aug 20262 months ago
Contract Period
1 Apr 2027 - 31 Mar 2032 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Cornwall Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
TRURO
Postcode
TR1 3AY
Postcode Area
Truro
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK30 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Cornwall
Electoral Ward
Truro Boscawen & Redannick
Westminster Constituency
Truro and Falmouth

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Coastline Housing Limited

Further Information

Notice Documents

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