Official UK procurement notice
Flexible Supported Accommodation · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Hampshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHampshire County Council's Children Services Directorate is seeking to commission Flexible Supported Accommodation Services, for Young People aged 16-21. These placements are for those who require varying levels of short-term support before transitioning to independent living or lower levels of supported accommodation.
The requirement is for this service to provide short-term, person-centred and outcome-focused support, with the intention of supporting Young People to move towards more independent living. The requirement is for a service which offers both accommodation and flexible support, aimed at increasing independence. There is a requirement for providers to provide suitable accommodation, in line with the Supported Accommodation (England) Regulations 2023, as part of this service. All providers will require suitable properties available in order to Tender for this opportunity.
The contract is for an initial period of 4 years, with two further 2 year extension opportunities to a maximum of 8 years. The contract will start on 04 January 2027.
Hampshire County Council is seeking suitable and qualified providers for this service, to support Hampshire's Looked After Children and Separated Children aged 16-21.
All providers will require Ofsted Registration in order to be eligible to Tender for this opportunity. This is part of the Ofsted Inspection Framework for services for children in need of help and protection, Looked After Children (LAC) and Care Leavers. All providers delivering supported accommodation under this call off must be registered with Ofsted in one or more of the three approved categories listed below:
- Self‑contained accommodation
- Ring‑fenced shared accommodation exclusively for LAC and care leavers
- Non‑ring‑fenced shared accommodation, which may include 18+ care leavers
Providers must only operate within the categories for which they are registered. Registration requires meeting all Supported Accommodation (England) Regulations 2023 and associated Quality Standards, including leadership, protection, accommodation and support.
CPV: Social work services with accommodation
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Hampshire County Council buys Social work services (CPV 8531), and who usually turns up
Hampshire County Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Social work services (CPV 8531) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often local firms win similar work.
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in South East England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 8 days of the bid deadline.
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Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
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Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid17% / 22%
2–317% / 31%
4–617% / 29%
7+50% / 19%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate13% / 24%
Within ±2%88% / 71%
Above estimate0% / 4%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 8531Published estimate£174m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 59 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid22%
2–331%
4–629%
7+19%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Contractor information is held on Hampshire County Council's procurement page: https://www.hants.gov.uk/business/procurement/childrens-services-open-framework-contractorsEarlier contract | 16+ High Support Needs Accommodationnotice published Apr 2022 | — | £30m | Matched as the earlier contract |
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
44% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
44% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (44% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
16+ High Support Needs Accommodation — held by Contractor information is held on Hampshire County Council's procurement page: https://www.hants.gov.uk/business/procurement/childrens-services-open-framework-contractors; no contract end date published.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 3 Jun 2026, 11:53 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Jun 2026, 11:53 BST
- Authority reference
CS27561- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-052271- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ac43Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
3 Jun 2026 → 4 Jan 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published145 days ago3 Jun 2026, 11:53 BST
- Market engagement124 days ago23 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
Hampshire County Council's Children Services Directorate is seeking to commission Flexible Supported Accommodation Services, via a call off from the Supported Accommodation Framework (CS27440), for Young People aged 16-21. These placements are for those who require varying levels of short-term support before transitioning to independent living or lower levels of supported accommodation. The requirement is for this service to provide short-term, person-centred and outcome-focused support, with the intention of supporting Young People to move towards more independent living. The requirement is for a service which offers both accommodation and flexible support.
This Notice is to inform the market of the Provider Engagement event that will be held on the 17th of June at 12:00. The session will be 60 minutes, and will be hosted online via Microsoft Teams. Providers wishing to attend should register (if not already registered) on the Council's e-tendering platform, In-Tend (in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire/aspx/Home ↗) and 'Express Interest' against the project 'CS27561 - Flexible Supported Accommodation Services'. The event will be advertised on the In-Tend portal, and providers will be able to register interest in attending this event via the In-Tend portal through completing a form, including the names and email addresses of all attendees, and submitting this via In-Tend by 9:00 on Monday 15th June.
The Authority will also be issuing a market engagement questionnaire via In-Tend after the market engagement event. This will be available to all interested suppliers who register and express an interest in the In-Tend project, as mentioned above. This questionnaire may be completed at any time during the engagement period but must be submitted no later than 14:00 on the 23rd of June 2026.
- Tender notice expected83 days ago3 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 70 days4 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published3 Jun 2026, 11:53 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender