Official UK procurement notice
Hostel Management and Homeless Support Services
Authority: Thurrock Council (Local council)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85)Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£1,176,000≈ £588k / year · £1,411,200 inc. VAT · 1 value update12.8% above published estimate
Submissions closed 1 Aug 2025awarded 5 Nov 2025
Award (standstill) to Sanctuary Housing Association
Contract term 2 yrsends 30 Nov 2027 · up to 30 Nov 2028 with extensions · starts 1 Dec 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe provision of the following services:
- Homeless Hostel Management and Support - Housing management and support services for residents in a Thurrock-based homeless hostel.
- Floating Support - Outreach support for individuals at risk of eviction to help maintain their housing.
- Housing First - Long-term housing and wraparound support for individuals with complex needs and histories of homelessness.
- Rough Sleepers Outreach - Identification and engagement of rough sleepers, with pathways to accommodation and support.
The Provider will deliver six key areas of intervention as part of the Service. The Service outcomes will be:
- Tenancy Sustainment
- Arrears, Debt, and Financial Management
- Meaningful Occupation
- Health and Wellbeing
- Social Inclusion
- Resettlement
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 28 Jun 2027, 00:59 BST.
CPV: Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services · Social work and related services · Social work services · Social work services with accommodation · Social work services without accommodation
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,176,000
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).
How bids were scored
- Simple description: The Authority seeks to award the contract on the basis of Most Advantageous Tender. Tenders will be evaluated in accordance with the following criteria: Price - 50% - where lowest cost Supplier will receive the maximum score and all other scores allocated according to their difference from the lowest price Quality - 50% - where each sub-criterion will be marked using the scale 0-5 and the specified weighting applied
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
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 28 Jun 2027
- First published
- 27 Jun 2025, 10:27 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Nov 2025, 11:04 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Sept 2025
- Authority reference
PS/2025/006- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-035637- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0554beFind a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
- Submission deadline
- 1 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
27 Jun 2025 → 1 Dec 2025 · 7 dates- Tender notice published27 Jun 2025, 10:27 BST
- Submission deadline1 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
- Award decision expected by1 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent352 days ago5 Nov 2025
- Latest notice published351 days ago5 Nov 2025, 11:04 GMT
- Standstill ends342 days ago14 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts326 days ago1 Dec 2025
Notice history
8 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Jun 2025- Tender notice published27 Jun 2025, 10:27 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published1 Jul 2025, 10:50 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 1 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST1 Jul 2025, 10:50 BST+0 days · was 1 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
- Tender notice published1 Jul 2025, 15:11 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 1 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST1 Jul 2025, 15:11 BST+0 days · was 1 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract award notice published5 Nov 2025, 11:04 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete5 Nov 2025, 11:04 GMT
- Contract signature expected30 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Published amendments (2)
Included VAT
Included VAT
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-06: 1 release · 27 Jun 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £1,326,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 1
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanctuary Housing AssociationVCSE1 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2027 · up to 30 Nov 2028Extensions: One year extension | £1,326,000 | 5 Nov 2025standstill to 14 Nov 2025 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 5 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Sanctuary Housing AssociationAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender