---
title: "Supported Accommodation Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e8a3"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Exeter City Council"
published: "2026-08-24"
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# Supported Accommodation Services

Buyer: Exeter City Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e8a3

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## Summary

Exeter City Council is procuring supported accommodation services in Exeter. The requirement is a subsidy to cover staff costs for housing-related support across 19 accommodation units in several properties. This is a social work service provided alongside accommodation, rather than a construction, property maintenance or general housing supply contract. The buying organisation is Exeter City Council, a sub-central public authority. Delivery is within Exeter, although the published location identifies the wider Exeter area. The service is suited to organisations that can provide staffed supported accommodation and housing-related assistance across multiple properties, with the operational capacity to serve 19 units. The requirement is classified as social work services with accommodation (CPV 85311000).

The procurement has been completed and the award is active. Exeter City Council used a direct award below the applicable threshold, without competition, under the light-touch regime. One lot was awarded to The Alongside Charity. The award date was 20 August 2026. The value is £168,000 excluding VAT, or £201,600 including VAT. The contract period runs from 2 September 2026 to 31 August 2027, with signature scheduled for 1 September 2026. Evaluation was not competitive because the contracting route was a direct award. The awarded requirement covers the supported accommodation service and its staff-cost subsidy for 19 units across several Exeter properties. The successful supplier is The Alongside Charity, a charity classified as a voluntary, community or social enterprise.

This award demonstrates a defined need from Exeter City Council for housing-related support delivered through supported accommodation, with staffing spread across several properties and enough capacity for 19 units. A future competitor would need to operate accommodation-based social work services, organise reliable staffing across multiple sites and provide practical housing-related support to residents. The selected supplier is a charity and voluntary, community or social enterprise, so organisations with a comparable social-purpose delivery model may be well placed to compete when this requirement next reaches the market. Providers should also be able to manage a council-funded service at this scale and demonstrate that their accommodation, support staff and operating arrangements can work together as one service.

## Notice

Subsidy to cover staff costs for housing-related support to 19 units of accommodation across several properties in Exeter.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080442-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 24 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 20 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 2 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £168,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Exeter City Council |
| Locality | EXETER |
| Postcode area | Exeter |
| Postcode | EX1 1JN |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK4 Devon |
| ITL 3 | TLK43 Devon CC |
| Local authority | Exeter |
| Electoral ward | St David's |
| Westminster constituency | Exeter |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | The Alongside Charity |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85311000 - Social work services with accommodation

## Release History

- 24 Aug 2026 at 15:04 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080442-2026
- 20 Aug 2026 at 13:56 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079473-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080442-2026
  24th August 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079473-2026
  20th August 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.julianhouse.org.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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