Award

Ask AI about this notice

Summarise, research or assess it with AI

View Markdown

Share this notice

Send this contract to a colleague

Supported Accommodation Project

Exeter City Council

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

24 Aug 2026 at 14:52

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Award

20 Aug 2026 at 14:37

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Exeter City Council procured supported accommodation services in Exeter. The requirement provides housing-related support for 55 accommodation units across multiple properties, helping residents who live in supported accommodation. The service is categorised as social work services with accommodation (CPV 85311000). Exeter City Council is the public-sector buyer. Delivery covers properties across Exeter rather than a single stated site. The procurement concerns service provision linked to accommodation, including the staffing needed to deliver housing-related support. It may therefore suit organisations experienced in supported housing, accommodation-based social care, tenancy support or related services, particularly those already operating across multiple properties and able to manage frontline support for a defined number of accommodation units.

The procurement has been awarded and the tender is complete. Exeter City Council used a direct award under the light-touch regime, relying on exclusive rights over the accommodation and the absence of reasonable alternatives; the accommodation provider would not accept third-party support provision. The contract was awarded to Exeter City Community Trust on 20 August 2026. The awarded value is £244,110 excluding VAT and £292,932 including VAT. The contract period runs from 2 September 2026 to 31 August 2027, with signature scheduled for 1 September 2026. There was one completed lot and one active award. The selected supplier is a voluntary, community and social enterprise classified as an SME. The award was made on an exclusive-rights basis rather than through competitive evaluation.

This award demonstrates Exeter City Council’s demand for accommodation-based housing support covering 55 units across several Exeter properties. A future competitor would need credible experience of delivering housing-related support alongside accommodation, with enough trained staff and operational capacity to work consistently across multiple sites. Relevant providers are likely to include supported-housing charities, social enterprises, community organisations and specialist social-care businesses able to support residents in accommodation settings. The direct-award rationale also shows that control or exclusive rights over the accommodation, and the ability to provide support without relying on third-party accommodation arrangements, were central to this procurement. Suppliers positioning for comparable work with this buyer should therefore understand accommodation-linked support delivery, multi-property coordination and the requirements of public-sector service provision.

How relevant is this notice?

Notice Information

Notice Title

Supported Accommodation Project

Notice Description

Subsidy to cover staff costs for housing-related support to 55 units of accommodation across multiple properties in Exeter.

Procurement Information

The Procurement Act 2023, Section 41 (1) states if a direct award justification applies, a contracting authority may award a public contract directly to a supplier that is not an excluded supplier. Section 41 (6) states that the direct award justifications are set out in Schedule 5. Schedule 5 - Direct Award Justifications 5 The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract- (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 direct award is justified because the accommodation provider has exclusive rights over the accommodation and will not accept any third-party service provision for support services.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e8b7
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080429-2026
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
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

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
£244,110 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
24 Aug 20262 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
20 Aug 20261 weeks ago
Contract Period
2 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2027 6-12 months
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
Exeter City Council
Contact Name
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Email
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality
EXETER
Postcode
EX1 1JN
Postcode Area
Exeter
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK4 Devon
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK43 Devon CC
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Exeter
Electoral Ward
St David's
Westminster Constituency
Exeter

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

EXETER CITY COMMUNITY TRUST

Further Information

Notice Documents

Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)

View full OCDS Record for this contracting process

JSON Markdown

The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.

Loading OCDS record...