Official UK procurement notice
HAC6137 East London Apartments
Authority: Tower Hamlets
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe London Borough of Tower Hamlets has the joint 7th highest number of individuals sleeping rough, the fourth highest incidence of serious mental illness and one of the highest rates of substance misuse treatment demand across London.
The Council’s Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2024-2029 sets out the aims to prevent homelessness, reduce the use of Temporary Accommodation by instead providing access to the right accommodation. In addition, under the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 and the Care Act 2014 legislation the Council has duties to prevent and provide early intervention to support residents to live more independently.
The recommissioning of East London Apartments a specialist supported housing accommodation contract provides an opportunity to build on the current work to better integrate community services within this key support service and provides a cost-effective alternative for vulnerable adults through person-centred tailored support, promoting independence and reducing crisis situations. Consequently, preventing and delaying the need for higher cost care.
The service provides 31 one-bed flats to single homeless residents and plays a key role in the wider single homeless hostel pathway. The service acts as a “final offer” for people who have otherwise exhausted other housing options, whether due to eviction for anti-social behaviour, rent arrears or provider refusal due to presenting risks arising from the complexity of the service user's needs. The service is exclusively utilised Tower Hamlets Housing Options Team.
The current contract for East London Apartments is expiring on 31st March 2026. The service comprises a 31-bed specialist supported housing accommodation for vulnerable Tower Hamlets residents with a history of rough sleeping and complex needs.
This service is entirely grant funded by central government with the current grant funding ending on 31st March 2026. Due to the changes to Local Government funding, notification of the funding is expected to be received in December 2025 post the Governments spending review. Should there be notification from central government of further grant funding in December 2025, due to the current contract ending on 31st March 2026, there will not be sufficient time to competitively procure the service and have a new contract awarded for 1st April 2026.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Tower Hamlets buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up
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Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered. More of this buyer’s work stays local than in this market: 98% against 75%, n=43.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 47 days of the bid deadline.
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1 bid32% / 24%
2–326% / 34%
4–626% / 24%
7+16% / 18%
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Below estimate27% / 27%
Within ±2%60% / 63%
Above estimate13% / 10%
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Lot #1CPV 85Published estimate£1.6m
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 85. The comparison uses that group.
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1 bid24%
2–334%
4–624%
7+18%
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Providence Row Housing AssociationEarlier contract | HAC6137 East London Apartmentsstarted Sept 2026 | HAC6137 East London Apartments | £2.0m | Matched as the earlier contract |
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
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Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
100% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
100% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (100% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
HAC6137 East London Apartments — held by Providence Row Housing Association; no contract end date published.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- 24 Nov 2025, 15:40 GMT
- Last source update
- 24 Nov 2025, 15:40 GMT
- Authority reference
HAC6137- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-076587- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e7abFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
24 Nov 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published338 days ago24 Nov 2025, 15:40 GMT
- Market engagement334 days ago27 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
LBTH is preparing to commission a new specialist supported housing accommodation service and is inviting providers to participate in a pre-market engagement exercise. This is an opportunity to help shape the future service model and ensure it reflects best practice and meets the needs of the borough’s most vulnerable residents.
The organisations that we are seeking to engage via this market engagement include providers with substantial experience in delivering innovative, flexible and responsive specialist supported housing services, particularly for individuals with complex needs and histories of rough sleeping.
The contract duration will be for three years; with year 1 contract valued up to £622,319.Annual uplifts may be applied in line with inflation (CPI) up to a maximum of 5% per annum, subject to budget approval.”
We are interested to hear from any organisations who can deliver this service; with the service commencing on 1st April 2026
- Tender notice expected322 days ago9 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts210 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published24 Nov 2025, 15:40 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender