Official UK procurement notice
Extra Care Services at Hampton Crescent
Authority: Leeds City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Extra Care support services at Hampton Crescent
CPV: Health and social work services · Health services · Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The provision of onsite extra care services at Hampton Crescent, Leeds supporting…Awarded
The provision of onsite extra care services at Hampton Crescent, Leeds supporting residents with their required needs.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Feb 2023, 10:54 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Sept 2025, 11:01 BST
- Authority reference
67956- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-053446- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a435Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
It is considered the above ground applies in this case as there is strong evidence that no reasonable alternative to Creative Support providing the services exists for the following reasons:
The scheme is located at a site at which LCC holds nomination rights. At Hampton Crescent where Creative Support is a procured provider however all existing tenants have chosen to be with this provider and the direct award continues this arrangement.
Current tenants have the choice to opt out of receiving care from the on-site provider delivering care at their establishment as part of the block contracting arrangement.
The tenants continue to receive care and support from the on-site provider as part of their ability to utilise their personal choice in respect of their care and support provider.
The intention is to further empower individual choice over the provider of planned care and support at the schemes and ensure people's existing provider is part of that choice.
A review of the Leeds Model of Extra Care has commenced as part of the wider approach to commissioning home care in the city, following which it is likely that changes will need to be considered when establishing new longer-term contracts with extra care providers. The direct awards requested here will help ensure tenants current provider is a part of this work.
The changes to be introduced as part of the wider home care work are anticipated to be finalised by Spring 2024. The award here is intended to facilitate the predicted work needed to bring extra closer in line with home care.
This review and wider home care work will determine the commissioning arrangements for extra care which will then be implemented following the conclusion of all this work.
The ongoing work will determine how care time is defined and purchased. The intention is to bring all extra care schemes under the same purchasing model and for that model to work in line with the wider home care arrangements, which should introduce improvements for service users.
- Review procedure
The authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated. This period allows organisations to seek further information from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into.
Such additional information should be requested from the addressee found in I.1. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (within 30 days beginning with the date when the economic operator first knew or ought to have known that grounds for such action had arisen).
Where a contract has not been entered into the court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. Following the correct implementation of a 10 day standstill period and publication of appropriate notices the court may only award damages once the contract has been entered into.
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated3 Sept 2025, 10:32 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unite Procurement LtdExtra Care at Hampton Crescent | £923,361 † | — | Awarded |
| Creative Support LtdVCSE | £923,361 † | — | Awarded |
| Creative Support LtdVCSE | £1,227,865 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Extra Care at Hampton Crescent · Unite Procurement Ltd
- Signed
- 27 Jan 2023
- Value
- £923,361
- Status
- active
Extra Care Services at Hampton Crescent · Creative Support LtdVCSE
- Signed
- 27 Jan 2023
- Value
- £923,361
- Status
- active
Extra Care Services at Hampton Crescent · Creative Support LtdVCSE
- Signed
- 27 Jan 2023
- Value
- £1,227,865
- Status
- active
- Change The proposed modifications will see the block contract reduce its hours from the current 368 hours per week to 273 hours per week, with those hours costed at £21.45 per hour. This revision has been proposed through engagement with Creative Support and is based on a staffing model they already operate to in East Lancashire. The reduction results in a service equivalent to 2 x carers from 7am until 10pm and 1 x carer from 10pm-7am and is possible through care hour efficiencies and will not result in any service loss to any individual's care plan. The reduced block funded hours also provide capacity to continue to address unplanned care hours, which is how the more complex circumstances of the service users at Hampton Crescent are presented., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: The proposed modifications will see the block contract reduce its hours from the current 368 hours per week to 273 hours per week, with those hours costed at £21.45 per hour. This revision has been proposed through engagement with Creative Support and is based on a staffing model they already operate to in East Lancashire. The reduction results in a service equivalent to 2 x carers from 7am until 10pm and 1 x carer from 10pm-7am and is possible through care hour efficiencies and will not result in any service loss to any individual's care plan. The reduced block funded hours also provide capacity to continue to address unplanned care hours, which is how the more complex circumstances of the service users at Hampton Crescent are presented. This service adjustment will provide the opportunity to streamline the care hours in support of service viability while delivering necessary contract efficiency savings and ensuring a continuous 24/7 service at the scheme. This is with the aim of ensuring the contract will be in a position to recommission in line with the hourly rate model while ensuring any Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (TUPE) requirements as they may apply can be satisfactorily met. At the same time commissioning officers will undertake further work with Creative Support and the Adult Social Care Service Delivery Manager for East North East to ensure the service viability going forward through referral management and review. This will include work towards a full step away from the block contract model, looking at options such as the phased introduction of a wellbeing charge to further support service viability if necessary. To accommodate this work the need to modify the contract by extending it by an additional 12-months. This will allow the time necessary to realise the changes and establish what if any further considerations need to be made as part of a future procurement. To ensure the scheme continues to be covered by a contract, that procurement work would need to commence from April 2026 at the latest. As per previous decisions, this will include commissioning officers engaging with existing tenants and service users to ensure client choice is considered as part of the overall commissioning process.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Leeds City Council - PACSContracting authorityRegional or local authorityGeneral public services
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High Court of JusticeReview body
- The Hight Court of JustoceReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Creative SupportAwarded supplier
- Creative SupportAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.