Official UK procurement notice
CS6025 - Children and Young Peoples Supported Housing Pathway
Authority: Tower Hamlets
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe London Borough of Tower Hamlets is seeking to recommission the children's and young people's supported housing pathway services.
The Tower Hamlets Young People's Supported Housing Pathway (YPSHP) currently serves the borough's Children's Social Care with accommodation-based support services in single and shared units across the borough. The council has full nomination rights to all properties and works collaboratively with the service providers to ensure that our young people are placed in suitable accommodation, with sufficient hours of care and support to meet their needs. The service provides a safe alternative to accommodating young people aged 16-25, who are in and on the edge of care, including looked-after children, care leavers, homeless young people, unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and teenage parents. The Pathway is one of the ways in which the Council meets its statutory responsibilities under the Children Act 1989, the Children Act 2008, The Housing Act 1996 and The Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets Council has a duty to provide supported housing for vulnerable children and young people (CYP) and to ensure that the services it commissions are of the highest quality and standard. As a Council, we are investing in our CYP and their potential; the Young People's Supported Housing Pathway is one of the ways in which the Council meets such duties.
The Pathway is designed to provide accommodation and support services to CYP aged 16 to 25, who are in and on the edge of care, such as (but not limited to): Children in Care (CIC), care leavers (CLs), unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC), CYP who are former UASC, homeless CYP, CYP at risk of homelessness and young parents (with their babies).
The services will be split into the following lots:
- Lot 1 - High to medium support accommodation for CYP aged 16-25
- Lot 2 - Medium support accommodation for YP aged 18-25
- Lot 3 - Low support accommodation for YP aged 18-25 + floating support
CPV: Health and social work services
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value (£8,878,385 together) · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1High to medium support accommodation for CYP aged 16-25AwardedRenewalPublished value£5,611,649
Lot 1 - High to medium support accommodation for CYP aged 16-25
Please refer to tender documentation.
Lot #2Medium support accommodation for YP aged 18-25AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,723,982
Lot 2 - Medium support accommodation for YP aged 18-25
Please refer to tender documentation.
Lot #3Low support accommodation for YP aged 18-25 + floating supportAwardedRenewalPublished value£1,542,754
Lot 3 - Low support accommodation for YP aged 18-25 + floating support
Please refer to tender documentation.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality: 60% - refer to ITT and supporting tender documents
- Price: 30% - refer to ITT and supporting tender documents
- Social Value: 10% - refer to ITT and supporting tender documents
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Aug 2025, 13:39 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Feb 2026, 19:49 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Feb 2026
- Authority reference
CS6025 - Children and Young Peoples Supported Housing Pathway- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-071720- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05842cFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 4 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 24 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Project information - DN786134
Timeline
8 Aug 2025 → 1 Jun 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published8 Aug 2025, 13:39 BST
- Market engagement5 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement Notice is to provide advance notice to the marketplace for the upcoming tender opportunity. The intention of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets is to allow interested suppliers to engage in a preliminary market engagement survey and to attend a preliminary market engagement session in order to identify potential suppliers and to ensure the submission of strong bids.
Surveys to be submitted on the Proactis Procurement Portal www.londontenders.org ↗ (Ref no. DN786134) no later than 27th August 2025, 12:00
Market engagement session to be held on Friday 5th September, 11:00 -12:00
Providers wishing to participate are asked to register your interest free of charge at www.londontenders.org ↗ with Reference No. DN786134 and submit the completed survey document along with contact details for anyone wishing to attend the market engagement event (to be held on Friday 5th September, 11:00-12:00) via the Proactis portal (ONLY) no later than 27th August 2025, 12:00.
- Next notice expected356 days ago4 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published354 days ago6 Nov 2025, 15:17 GMT
- Clarification questions by336 days ago24 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline326 days ago4 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent258 days ago11 Feb 2026
- Latest notice published257 days ago11 Feb 2026, 19:49 GMT
- Award decision expected by252 days ago16 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Standstill ends248 days ago20 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts148 days ago1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
9 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Aug 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published8 Aug 2025, 13:39 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published6 Nov 2025, 15:17 GMTUK4
- Published value updated to £8,878,3856 Nov 2025, 15:17 GMTwas £8,916,625
- Status changed to active6 Nov 2025, 15:17 GMT
- Procurement method changed6 Nov 2025, 15:17 GMT
- Deadline published: 4 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT6 Nov 2025, 15:17 GMT
- Contract award notice published11 Feb 2026, 19:49 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete11 Feb 2026, 19:49 GMT
- Contract signature expected16 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 · High to medium support accommodation for CYP aged 16-251 award | |||
| Look Ahead Care and Support Limited1 Jun 2026 – 31 May 2029 · up to 31 May 2031Extensions: The contract period is initially for a period of 36 months, although the Authority reserves the right to extend the Contract on the same terms for 2 further periods of 12 months each, making a total possible contract period of 60 months. | £5,606,954 | 11 Feb 2026standstill to 20 Feb 2026 | Standstill |
| Lot 2 · Medium support accommodation for YP aged 18-251 award | |||
| Providence Row Housing AssociationSMEVCSE1 Jun 2026 – 31 May 2029 · up to 31 May 2031Extensions: The contract period is initially for a period of 36 months, although the Authority reserves the right to extend the Contract on the same terms for 2 further periods of 12 months each, making a total possible contract period of 60 months. | £1,673,980 | 11 Feb 2026standstill to 20 Feb 2026 | Standstill |
| Lot 3 · Low support accommodation for YP aged 18-25 + floating support1 award | |||
| Look Ahead Care and Support Limited1 Jun 2026 – 31 May 2029 · up to 31 May 2031Extensions: The contract period is initially for a period of 36 months, although the Authority reserves the right to extend the Contract on the same terms for 2 further periods of 12 months each, making a total possible contract period of 60 months. | £1,537,414 | 11 Feb 2026standstill to 20 Feb 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · High to medium support accommodation for CYP aged 16-25 | 1final-stage tenders · 8 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 · Medium support accommodation for YP aged 18-25 | 1final-stage tenders · 8 at stage one | 1 | 1 | — |
| 3 · Low support accommodation for YP aged 18-25 + floating support | 2final-stage tenders · 8 at stage one | 1 | 1 | — |
Who bid
- wonLOOK AHEAD CARE AND SUPPORT LIMITED · Greater London · 1
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- LOOK AHEAD CARE AND SUPPORT LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- PROVIDENCE ROW HOUSING ASSOCIATIONAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications https://www.londontenders.org Project information - DN786134
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender