---
title: "Supported Housing Consultant"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0788a4"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Lancaster City Council"
published: "2026-10-15"
---

# Supported Housing Consultant

Buyer: Lancaster City Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0788a4

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## Summary

Lancaster City Council procured a supported housing policy consultant through a recruitment agency. The requirement was to recruit a policy specialist, rather than to deliver a broader housing service. It falls within recruitment services and concerns specialist policy expertise for the council’s supported housing work. The council is based in Lancaster, and the procurement relates to its own requirement; the data does not identify a separate delivery location. Service Care Solutions was selected to provide the consultant. This is a specialist recruitment assignment for a public-sector buyer, suited to agencies able to source and place policy professionals with relevant supported housing knowledge.

The procurement is complete and the contract is active. Lancaster City Council used a direct award below the procurement threshold, without competition, and awarded the single lot to Service Care Solutions. The contract was signed on 12 October 2026 and runs from 13 October 2026 to 30 September 2027. Its gross value is £64,428. The award is for recruitment of a supported housing policy consultant; the published award identifies recruitment services as the category. No award evaluation criteria or eligibility requirements are stated in the available process details. The named supplier is a small or medium-sized enterprise. The award records one selected supplier and an active contract.

For recruitment agencies, this award demonstrates Lancaster City Council’s demand for agency-sourced specialist policy expertise in supported housing. A credible competitor for a comparable requirement would need to show it can identify and place policy specialists with relevant supported housing knowledge, and manage recruitment for a local authority. The council used a direct award without competition for this below-threshold procurement, so the route used here did not involve a competitive tender. The selected supplier is an SME, indicating that a smaller agency was able to meet the requirement. Agencies with a focused public-sector recruitment capability and access to suitable policy candidates are the closest fit; general recruitment capacity alone may be less relevant without evidence of specialist candidate sourcing.

## Notice

Recruitment of policy specialist through recruitment agency

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097534-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 13 Oct 2026 - 30 Sep 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £64,428 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Lancaster City Council |
| Locality | LANCASTER |
| Postcode area | Lancaster |
| Postcode | LA1 1PJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD4 Lancashire |
| ITL 3 | TLD44 Lancaster and Wyre |
| Local authority | Lancaster |
| Electoral ward | Castle |
| Westminster constituency | Lancaster and Wyre |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Service Care Solutions Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79600000 - Recruitment services

## Release History

- 15 Oct 2026 at 14:33 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097534-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097534-2026
  15th October 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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