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2425-0450: Care and Support Service Hanley Gardens – Beaumont Rise

Islington Council invites suitable expressions of interest from suppliers for the above.

The requirement

The service will provide high quality care and support to adults with complex mental health problems within the context of a supported living scheme. The service will commence at Hanley Gardens supported living scheme and move to Beaumont Rise, a purpose built, council owned property, once it is completed. The service is designed to accommodate people whose needs can not be met in the rest of the mental health accommodation pathway due to the level of support they require. It will enable its residents to live as independently as possible while maintaining and improving their mental health through a dedicated staff team that work 24/7 on site. The service will support the council to address the following council missions:

• A Safe Place to Call Home: Everyone in Islington has a safe, decent and genuinely affordable place to call home
• Empowering People: Everyone in Islington who needs extra help can access the right support for them at the right time and in the right place
• Greener, Healthier: People in Islington can live healthy and independent lives and enjoy London’s greenest, cleanest and healthiest neighbourhoods

Lots

This services contract is not being divided in to lots.  

Further details will be provided in the invitation to tender.

Contract period 

The duration will be 37 months from an estimated start date of September 2026 with no options to extend.  

Value of the contract or framework agreement

The estimated total value of this contract is £1,898,840 over the maximum 37 months. This is based on £615,840, the per annum cost at Beaumont Rise. The total value will decrease depending on the length of time the service is at Hanley Gardens. The per annum cost at Hanley Gardens is £508,000.

Award criteria

The contract(s) will be awarded to the Most Advantageous Tender(s) (MAT) in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023. 

Tenders for this contract will be assessed against the following award criteria: 

Cost/price 30%
Quality 70%

Quality made up of:

20% - Proposed approach to social value
25% - Proposed approach to Service model and delivery:
5% - Proposed approach to mobilisation and relocation
10% - Proposed approach to safeguarding and risk management
10% - Proposed approach to service user empowerment and co-production

Total 100%

Further details will be provided in the invitation to tender.

Procurement process

The contract will be procured using the competitive flexible procedure in a two stage process comparable to the restricted procedure. The first stage will involve selecting a maximum of the five highest-scoring organisations through a selection questionnaire (SQ). If two or more bidders receiving the top scoring marks are tied, more than five organisations may proceed.  All submissions will be subject to minimum requirements as stated in the SQ. The second stage will be an evaluation of tenders submitted by bidders who are selected at the SQ stage.   

How to express an interest

If you wish to apply for this contract opportunity please follow these steps:

• register your organisation free of charge via the London Tenders Portal
• when you receive an email confirming your username and password use these to log on to the London Tenders Portal and express your interest in 2425 – 0450 Care and Support Service Hanley Gardens – Beaumont Rise
• shortly after you have expressed interest, you will receive a second email containing a link to access the procurement documents.

Deadlines

The deadline for submission of PSQ is: 12 noon, Thursday 22 January 2026

Late submissions may not be accepted.

Additional information

• Islington Council and its partners are committed to work towards a ‘Fairer Islington’, for more information see www.islington.gov.uk
• Islington Council aims to provide equality of opportunity and welcomes applicants who meet the qualitative selection criteria from black and minority ethnic communities and disabled groups
• the council encourages all types of organisation who meet the qualitative selection criteria including Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) organisations, Social Enterprises or not for profit enterprises and small to medium enterprises (SME) to tender
• all questions relating to this contract should be raised via the messages section of the relevant contract on the London Tenders Portal.  Please do not contact any officer of the council directly
• as part of a commitment to transparency the council is now publishing all spend over £500 each month. This includes spend on contracts, so the successful contractor should expect details of spend against the contract to appear on the council website Council spending | Islington Council. The council is also committed to publishing tender and contract documentation after contract award stage. Commercially sensitive information will be redacted from documentation. What constitutes commercially sensitive information is a matter for the council’s sole discretion. However, tenderers will be invited to identify information they consider to be commercially sensitive in their tender return and this will be taken into account in the council forming a view
• in accordance with the Procurement Regulations 2024, please note that for contracts with an estimated value of more than £5 million, the council will publish in the Contract Award Notice the name of each supplier that submitted a tender which was assessed for the purposes of determining the most advantageous tender and was not awarded the contract.

Proactis Version

Procurement Description

Islington Council is seeking to procure a Care and Support service for up to 17 adults with complex and enduring mental health needs. The service will be delivered within supported living accommodation comprising either self-contained studio apartments with shared communal facilities at Beaumont Rise, a new development currently under construction or individual rooms with shared facilities. at Hanley Gardens, an existing scheme. 

The provider will support residents with daily living tasks such as medication management, budgeting, cleaning, and cooking. The service will deliver trauma-informed, person-centred, and strength-based mental health support. Providers must demonstrate expertise in active risk management and work collaboratively with clinical teams to ensure resident safety and wellbeing. 

The successful provider will have a proven track record of delivering high-quality care and support services to individuals with complex mental health needs, including experience in transitions and move-on support. The Council reserves the right to confirm the final location of the service based on site readiness. Should Beaumont Rise not be available at the time of contract commencement, the service will begin at Hanley Gardens, with the provider supporting residents through any future transition to the new accommodation.

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Contact us

If you have any questions, email procurement@islington.gov.uk.