Summary, notice description and lot information
The most recent procurement process carried out by Hull City Council involves the provision of Specialist Housing Related Support for individuals with Learning Disabilities, Autism, and Mental Health needs. This process, conducted under the Light Touch Regime as a further competition, commenced with contracts signed on 19 August 2025, with anticipated services starting from 1 September 2025. 38 over six years.
The industry category is social work and related services, with a location focus within the region UKE11 (Hull, UK). The procurement stage is currently in the award phase, undertaken through a restricted procedure. This tender presents significant business growth opportunities for organisations specialising in social services, particularly those capable of providing housing and floating support services.
SMEs and registered social landlords are well suited to compete, as seen in the involvement of local SMEs such as Hull and East Yorkshire Mind and Target Housing, who have already secured awards for related lots. Companies with expertise in delivering accompanying non-care related support for vulnerable groups, and those willing to scale their services based on demand, would find this procurement process beneficial. The contract structure allows for an adaptive service provision, providing a pathway for increasing service units and hours according to need, thus offering a stable and potentially expanding business environment within the established framework.
Hull City Council (The Authority) sought tenders to provide Specialist Housing Related Support. The Tender is split into 2 lots. The tender process used was further competition via the Housing Related Support Contract (Light Touch Regime). The contract is anticipated to commence 1 September 2025 with the initial term of the contract ending by 30 November 2029 with an option to extend for a period or periods of 12 months, not to exceed 24 months (30 November 2031). The Authority has estimated the value of the Services for the 6-year period to be PS765,151.38 in addition to the agreed Housing Related Support contracts (PS7,731,214.40).
Accommodation based Specialist HRS for people with Mental Health Needs. A total of 100 units for the provision of specialist accommodation and non-care related support for people. The service will provide homes (either temporary or permanent - dependent on the circumstance of the person). The Service will act as an early intervention and preventative service to support vulnerable people at risk of homeless to provide the skills, resilience, and pathway to improve independence for people. Additional information: The estimated total value of Lot 2, for the 7-year period based on the allocation of 100 units per annum is PS3,306,212.00, but the framework has mechanisms in place to grow to 505 units per annum, with an estimated value of PS12090,00.00 (hence why this value has been published within Section ii.2.6. Further details regarding, awards, allocations & min-comps can be found within the Tender docs.
Specialist Floating Support for people with Learning Disabilities and/or Autism. 80 Hours per week of Specialist Floating Support to provide non-care related support for people with Learning Disabilities and/or Autism in order to ensure they can live independently in their own home. The Specialist Floating Support Service aims to provide a preventative and reactive services to support vulnerable adults with a Learning Disability and or Autism to provide the skills, resilience, and pathway to enable greater independence and reduce the risk of homelessness. Additional information: The estimated total value of Lot 3, for the 7-year period based on the allocation of 80 hours of service per week is PS559,395.00 but the framework has mechanisms in place to grow to 911 hours per week, with an estimated value of PS2827000.00 (hence why this value has been published within Section ii.2.6. Further details regarding, awards, allocations & min-comps can be found within the Tender docs.
Specialist Floating Support for people with Mental Health Needs. 80 Hours per week of Specialist Floating Support to provide non-care related support for people with Mental Health Needs, in order to ensure they can live independently in their own home. The Specialist Floating Support Service aims to provide a preventative and reactive services to support vulnerable adults with Mental Health Support Needs to provide the skills, resilience, and pathway to enable greater independence and reduce the risk of homelessness. Additional information: The estimated total value of Lot 3, for the 7-year period based on the allocation of 80 hours of service per week is PS559,395.00 but the framework has mechanisms in place to grow to 911 hours per week, with an estimated value of PS2827000.00 (hence why this value has been published within Section ii.2.6. Further details regarding, awards, allocations & min-comps can be found within the Tender docs.
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