Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Community Based Mental Health Accommodation Services
Authority: Leeds City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis scheme is to provide six supported accommodation units for people with mental health issues.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The three Intermediate Housing Units (IHUs) Octavia House, Brigid House, Alexander…Awarded
The three Intermediate Housing Units (IHUs) Octavia House, Brigid House, Alexander House provide short term (approximately nine months) step-down supported accommodation for people being discharged from the Becklin and Newsam Centres, following detention under the Mental
Health Act 1983 and 2007 respectively. East Grange Drive is commissioned to provide move-on accommodation and support for people leaving the Intermediate Housing Units. The Maltings and Rose Villa provide medium term accommodation and support for people leaving hospital. Referrals for these services come from the acute wards via the Accommodation Gateway, which is a Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust (LYPFT) managed function.
These services form an integral and essential part of the hospital discharge pathway in Leeds, and are an important resource used by the acute wards to ensure move-on and flow out of hospital.
The intension is to award a contract under the Most Suitable Provider Process of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £10,087,304.00. This is an existing service to be delivered by the existing provider. The start date for which this service is intended to be provided is 1st July 2025
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Jun 2025, 15:58 BST
- Last source update
- 5 May 2026, 13:06 BST
- Authority reference
97678- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-040992- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0551faFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Under Regulation 10(4) PSR 2023, the Council identified suitable provider who may be the most suitable provider, with reference to the key criteria and the basic selection criteria.
Following on from paragraph 24, and in accordance with Regulation 10(6) PSR 2023, the Council has assessed the potential provider identified under Regulation 10(4) PSR 2023 and has taken into account the key criteria and applying the basic selection criteria, the most suitable provider to whom to make an award. Therefore, the Council has determined the most
suitable provider to deliver these services is Inspire North and in accordance with Regulation 10 (1)(b) PSR 2023 the Council is able to award this contract without a competition.
Publisher note: In accordance with Regulation 10(6) PSR 2023, the Authority has assessed the potential provider identified under Regulation 10(4) PSR 2023 and has taken into account the key criteria and applying the basic selection criteria under the most suitable provider to whom to make an award. For the avoidance of doubt ,the provision of the Public Contracts Regulations (PCR) 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the stand-still period. The decision maker is the Director of Adults & Health Directorate No conflicts of interest were identified as part of this process. This contract has not yet been formally awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award to the incumbent provider under the PSR.
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1)
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded to Inspire North under the most suitable provider process. The contr…
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspire North | £10,087,304 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of Community Based Mental Health Accommodation Services · Inspire North
- Signed
- 23 Jun 2025
- Value
- £10,087,304
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High Court of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Inspire NorthAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.