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Published 20 Aug 2026, 14:42 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Support Services (Prospect House)

Official notice

Authority: Exeter City Council (Local council)

Direct awardLight touch regime
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: South West (UKK4)
Awarded value£253,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 20 Aug 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Home Group

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Subsidy to cover staff costs for housing-related support to 19 units of accommodation at Prospects in Exeter.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: South West
85311000 Social work services with accommodation

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
20 Aug 2026, 14:42 BST
Last source update
24 Aug 2026, 15:17 BST
Authority reference
PR392026
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-080459
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
South West (UKK4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e8ba Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
Published justification

The Procurement Act 2023, Section 41 (1) states if a direct award justification applies, a contracting authority may award a public contract directly to a supplier that is not an excluded supplier. Section 41 (6) states that the direct award justifications are set out in Schedule 5.

Schedule 5 - Direct Award Justifications

5

The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract-

(a) due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and

(b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.

The direct award is justified because the accommodation provider has exclusive rights over the accommodation and will not accept any third-party service provision for support services.

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Aug 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    20 Aug 2026, 14:42 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    24 Aug 2026, 15:17 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £253,0001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Home Group2 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2027£253,00020 Aug 2026Awarded

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Exeter City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PCHX-3846-DMNW Civic Centre, Exeter, South West, EX1 1JNContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • HOME GROUP LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: IP22981RGB-PPON: PRDP-8748-DBHZ Home Group Ltd, 1 Strawberry Lane, Newcastle, North East, NE1 4BXContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender