Official UK procurement notice
Supported Accommodation and Floating Support for People with Mental Health Needs
Authority: Newcastle City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis service is for Supported Accommodation and Floating Support for People with Mental Health Needs in Newcastle upon Tyne, for single people and couples who are at risk of or are threatened with homelessness, or who are literally homeless.
The service includes the following core functions; these functions should be delivered as part of an integrated delivery model and should be designed and delivered to meet the aims and outcomes described in the specification:
Supported Accommodation - High quality accommodation and support in community-based settings, that enables people with a mental health need to gain and retain the skills necessary to live as independently as possible by promoting these skills and promoting social inclusion.
Floating Support - Visiting floating support that is delivered on a citywide basis and enables people to gain and retain the skills necessary to continue to live as independently as possible by promoting those skills and social inclusion
£1,209,076 including VAT (01 September 2025 to 31 March 2028)
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 17 Jan 2028, 23:59 GMT.
- No preliminary market engagement: Preliminary market engagement carried out prior to implementation of Procurement Act 2023.
CPV: Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,209,076
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).
Published sub-criteria (1)
- Specification: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
- Specification: The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full access, free of charge at: https://www.open-uk.org
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
- Yes · next expected 17 Jan 2028
- First published
- 25 Apr 2025, 08:51 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Aug 2025, 13:23 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 31 Jul 2025
- Authority reference
P-008907/C-013300- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-016908- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05074fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 25 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via Open - www.open-uk.org ↗
Timeline
25 Apr 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published25 Apr 2025, 08:51 BST
- Clarification questions by25 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline1 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by31 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends13 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published29 Aug 2025, 13:23 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
7 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Apr 2025- Tender notice published25 Apr 2025, 08:51 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published27 May 2025, 12:40 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 1 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST27 May 2025, 12:40 BST+21 days · was 10 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract award notice published1 Aug 2025, 12:42 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete1 Aug 2025, 12:42 BST
- Contract signature expected14 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published29 Aug 2025, 13:23 BSTUK7
Published amendments (1)
Tender Submission Deadline 01.07.2025 12:00 noon
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-04: 1 release · 25 Apr 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karbon Homes LtdSME1 Sept 2025 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2029Extensions: Option to extend 1 x 12 months | £1,209,076 inc. VAT | 31 Jul 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Supported Accommodation and Floating Support for People with Mental Health Needs · Karbon Homes LtdSME
- Signed
- 21 Aug 2025
- Value
- £1,209,076 inc. VAT
- Period
- 1 Sept 2025 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 1 x 12 months option to extend.
4 agreed KPIs: Increased access to accommodation · Reduction in the number of evictions · Positive move-on to independence …
- Increased access to accommodation
- Reduction in the number of evictions
- Positive move-on to independence
- Health and wellbeing
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders · 6 at stage one | 2 | 1 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Karbon HomesAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- 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