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title: "Support Services (Prospect House)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e8ba"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Exeter City Council"
published: "2026-08-24"
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# Support Services (Prospect House)

Buyer: Exeter City Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e8ba

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## Summary

Exeter City Council procured housing-related support services at Prospect House in Exeter. The requirement covers staff costs for supporting residents across 19 units of accommodation at the scheme, classified as social work services with accommodation. The work is a public-sector support service linked to supported housing, rather than construction, property maintenance or general social care delivered across multiple sites. Home Group Limited is the accommodation provider associated with the service. The requirement is intended to support people living in the Prospect House accommodation and to fund the staffing needed for that support. Businesses operating in supported housing, accommodation-based social work or housing-related support will find the subject matter relevant, particularly where they manage or work within accommodation schemes.

The procurement is complete and was awarded through a direct award rather than an open competition. Exeter City Council awarded the contract to Home Group Limited on 20 August 2026. The award value is £253,000 excluding VAT, or £303,600 including VAT. The contract period runs from 2 September 2026 to 31 August 2027, with signature scheduled for 1 September 2026. The award is active and covers one completed lot. The council relied on the direct-award justification that Home Group has exclusive rights over the accommodation and would not accept third-party support provision, leaving no reasonable alternative supplier. The requirement is treated as a light-touch services procurement and is below the relevant threshold.

This award demonstrates demand from Exeter City Council for accommodation-based housing support funded through staffing provision at a defined supported-housing scheme. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need experience delivering housing-related support to residents in accommodation, the workforce and management capacity to cover 19 units, and the ability to work within the operating arrangements of the accommodation provider. The procurement route is also commercially significant: the council used a direct award because the accommodation provider controlled exclusive rights and did not accept third-party service provision. A supplier seeking comparable work with this buyer would therefore need either a direct relationship with the relevant accommodation provider or a service model that fits the provider’s control of the accommodation, alongside demonstrable supported-housing delivery capability.

## Notice

Subsidy to cover staff costs for housing-related support to 19 units of accommodation at Prospects 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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080459-2026 |
| 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 | 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 | £253,000 |
| 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 | HOME GROUP LIMITED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85311000 - Social work services with accommodation

## Release History

- 24 Aug 2026 at 15:17 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080459-2026
- 20 Aug 2026 at 14:42 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079512-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080459-2026
  24th August 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079512-2026
  20th August 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

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