Official UK procurement notice
Single Homelessness Supported Accommodation
Authority: London Borough of Croydon (Local council)
Sectors: Real estate services (70)Administration, defence and social security services (75)Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: London (UKI62)
Published estimate£5,800,000≈ £829k / year · £6,960,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 6 Apr 2026awarded 5 Oct 2026
Award (standstill) to Evolve Housing + Support
Contract term 7 yrsends 31 May 2033 · starts 1 Jun 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCroydon Council is looking for a supplier to provide Single Homelessness Supported Accommodation . The service provides a short-term accommodation based on supported housing service for homeless adults, offering them a stepping-stone into long term independent accommodation or other long term housing options. This opportunity is available on the Croydon Tenders Portal via: in-tendhost.co.uk/croydontenders/ ↗
CPV: Administrative housing services · Housing services · Social work services with accommodation
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£5,800,000
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: Quality Questions and Social Value are stated in the Tender Documents.
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
- 23 Jun 2025, 11:55 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Oct 2026, 11:15 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 4 May 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-020241- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055198Find 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
- 6 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 25 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
23 Jun 2025 → 22 Oct 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published23 Jun 2025, 11:55 BST
- Market engagement5 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
Please register your interest by email [email protected]
- Next notice expected29 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
- Tender notice published230 days ago6 Mar 2026, 10:21 GMT
- Clarification questions by211 days ago25 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline199 days ago6 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by170 days ago4 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts143 days ago1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent10 days ago12 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published9 days ago13 Oct 2026, 11:15 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Standstill endsin 1 day22 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
9 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Jun 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published23 Jun 2025, 11:55 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published6 Mar 2026, 10:21 GMTUK4
- Published value updated to £5,800,0006 Mar 2026, 10:21 GMTwas £7,000,000
- Status changed to active6 Mar 2026, 10:21 GMT
- Procurement method changed6 Mar 2026, 10:21 GMT
- Deadline published: 6 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST6 Mar 2026, 10:21 GMT
- Contract award notice published13 Oct 2026, 11:15 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete13 Oct 2026, 11:15 BST
- Contract signature expected22 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £5,789,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Named bidders 2published on the award notice
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evolve Housing + SupportSME1 Dec 2026 – 30 Nov 2033 | £5,789,000 | 5 Oct 2026standstill to 22 Oct 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders · 6 at stage one | 0 | 1 | — |
Who bid
- did not winOptimism Supported Housing · Greater London
- wonEvolve Housing + SupportSMEVCSE · Greater London
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 · 1 awarded- Evolve Housing + SupportAwarded supplier
- Optimism Supported HousingBidder / tenderer
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- 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