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Published 13 Aug 2025, 14:46 BST

Official UK procurement notice

HAC6054 East London Apartments

Official notice

Authority: Tower Hamlets

Direct award
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: London (UKI)
Awarded value£622,319published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 13 Aug 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Look Ahead Care and Support Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

East London Apartments provides 31 one-bed flats in a supported housing setting on Hackney Road (Weavers Ward). Referrals into the service are exclusively for those with a history of rough sleeping, many of whom have struggled in or been evicted from other supported housing settings in the Borough.

The service is funded entirely through the Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme (RSAP) which is a funding steam of the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: London
85000000 Health and social work services

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
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
13 Aug 2025, 14:46 BST
Last source update
1 Apr 2026, 16:26 BST
Authority reference
HAC6054
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-030548
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058722 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Urgency
Published justification

Grant funding for the year was not approved until December 2024 for the year 01/04/2 to 31/03/26 which did not provide enough time for a competitive tender procedure and would have potentially rendered the current tenants homeless

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

25 Aug 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends
    25 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
  2. Notice published210 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 16:26 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Aug 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    13 Aug 2025, 14:46 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    13 Aug 2025, 14:49 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    26 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    1 Apr 2026, 16:26 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £622,3191 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 24 Mar 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Look Ahead Care and Support Limited26 Aug 2025 – 31 Mar 2026£622,31913 Aug 2025Awarded

Contracts

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PQBL-2673-MVYG New Town Hall, 160 Whitechapel Road London, London, London, E1 1BJContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender