AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Coventry City Council has announced awards for four lots of supported accommodation and floating support for young people aged 16+. The named awardees are MAJESTIC HEALTHCARE LTD (Lot 4), STARLIGHT SUPPORT SERVICES LTD (Lot 5), KATECARES.CONSULTANCY LIMITED (Lot 7) and HORIZON SUPPORTED ACCOMMODATION LIMITED (Lot 8). Lots 1, 2, 3 and 6 were not awarded and the Council states it will re-tender them.
Published outcomeFour individually valued lots were awarded, with aggregate net award values of £13,314,000 and aggregate gross values of £15,976,800. The award notice schedules a future signature date of 7 December 2026; it does not evidence signed contracts.
Market significanceThe opportunity covers regulated supported accommodation and associated floating support in Coventry. The four awarded lots have three-year initial terms from 1 April 2027, with a possible single three-year extension by mutual agreement.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
4 supplier records analysed
MAJESTIC HEALTHCARE LTD
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots Lot 4 – 27 shared beds (3/4/5-bed home) plus 1 Floating Support Unit · 3972000 GBP · Award announced; future signature scheduled
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Award 1 names MAJESTIC HEALTHCARE LTD, relates to Lot 4 and gives a net value of £3,972,000.
STARLIGHT SUPPORT SERVICES LTD
99% confidenceAward 2 · Lots Lot 5 – 27 shared beds (3/4/5-bed home) plus 1 Floating Support Unit · 3972000 GBP · Award announced; future signature scheduled
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Award 2 names STARLIGHT SUPPORT SERVICES LTD, relates to Lot 5 and gives a net value of £3,972,000.
KATECARES.CONSULTANCY LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 3 · Lots Lot 7 – shared 4-bed property with 24/7 staffing · 2526000 GBP · Award announced; future signature scheduled
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Award 3 names KATECARES.CONSULTANCY LIMITED, relates to Lot 7 and gives a net value of £2,526,000.
HORIZON SUPPORTED ACCOMMODATION LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 4 · Lots Lot 8 – solo six self-contained units in a shared property with 24/7 staffing, plus 1 Floating Support Unit · 2844000 GBP · Award announced; future signature scheduled
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Award 4 names HORIZON SUPPORTED ACCOMMODATION LIMITED, relates to Lot 8 and gives a net value of £2,844,000.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceContract award notice on Find a Tender
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Award notice document 098672-2026 was published on 19 October 2026.
Award status
99% confidenceAwarded; contract signature is scheduled, not evidenced as completed
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Awards 1–4 are marked active, while each has a futureSignatureDate milestone of 7 December 2026 with status scheduled.
Unawarded lots
99% confidenceLots 1, 2, 3 and 6 were not awarded and are stated to be due for re-tender
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Tender description expressly says the Council did not award these lots and will go back out to tender in due course.
VALUES
Published values explained
Aggregate awarded net value
99% confidence£13,314,000
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Sum of the four separately published award amounts: £3,972,000, £3,972,000, £2,526,000 and £2,844,000.
Aggregate awarded gross value
99% confidence£15,976,800
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Sum of the four published gross award values: £4,766,400, £4,766,400, £3,031,200 and £3,412,800.
Lot 4 net award value
99% confidence£3,972,000
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Award 1 value.amount is £3,972,000.
Lot 5 net award value
99% confidence£3,972,000
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Award 2 value.amount is £3,972,000.
Lot 7 net award value
99% confidence£2,526,000
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Award 3 value.amount is £2,526,000.
Lot 8 net award value
99% confidence£2,844,000
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Award 4 value.amount is £2,844,000.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender notice first published
99% confidence2 March 2026
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Release history records tender notice 018545-2026 on 2 March 2026.
Tender update published
99% confidence24 March 2026
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Release history records tender update 027039-2026 on 24 March 2026.
Published submission deadline
99% confidence24 April 2026, 16:00 BST
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Process field submission_deadline is 2026-04-24T16:00:00+01:00.
Award date
99% confidence19 October 2026
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Awards 1–4 each show date 2026-10-19.
Award notice published
99% confidence19 October 2026
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Award notice 098672-2026 has datePublished 2026-10-19T17:01:19+01:00.
Scheduled signature date
99% confidence7 December 2026
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Each awarded record contains a futureSignatureDate milestone due on 7 December 2026.
Planned initial service start
99% confidence1 April 2027
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Each of Awards 1–4 specifies a contract-period start date of 1 April 2027.
Planned initial term end
99% confidence31 March 2030
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Each of Awards 1–4 specifies a contract-period end date of 31 March 2030.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Service
99% confidenceSupported accommodation and floating support for Coventry children in care, care leavers and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children aged 16 and over
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Tender description defines the intended client groups and service.
Regulatory requirement
98% confidenceProviders are required to be Ofsted registered
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Tender description states that supported accommodation became Ofsted regulated in October 2023 and the Council is required to contract with Ofsted-registered providers.
Service geography
99% confidenceCoventry (UKG33)
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Each awarded item identifies delivery address region UKG33; the buyer is Coventry City Council.
Classification
99% confidenceSocial work services with accommodation (CPV 85311000)
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Each awarded item carries CPV 85311000.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceOpen procedure
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Tender data states procurementMethod: open.
Procedure detail
99% confidenceCompetitive flexible procedure
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Tender data states procurementMethodDetails: Competitive flexible procedure.
Regime
99% confidenceLight-touch regime
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Tender specialRegime is listed as lightTouch.
Bidder and evaluation information
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Initial term
99% confidence3 years, planned from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2030
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Each awarded lot's contract period specifies these dates.
Extension option
99% confidenceOne possible 3-year extension by mutual agreement, subject to review
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Each award's renewal description provides for one three-year extension and says review results will inform the Council's decision.
Maximum stated term end
99% confidence31 March 2033
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Each awarded lot lists maxExtentDate of 31 March 2033.
Contract conclusion
99% confidenceNot evidenced
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The notice records scheduled future signature milestones rather than completed signature or concluded contract data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Awarded capacity
98% confidenceThe four awarded lots cover two 27-bed shared-home lots, one shared four-bed 24/7 staffed property, and six solo self-contained units in a shared 24/7 staffed property; specified floating-support units are included in Lots 4, 5 and 8
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Award titles describe the capacity and support elements for Lots 4, 5, 7 and 8.
Near-term opportunity
99% confidenceThe unawarded Lots 1, 2, 3 and 6 represent a stated future re-tender opportunity, but timing, values and final requirements are unknown
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Tender description identifies these lots as unawarded and due for re-tender in due course; no re-tender date or lot values are provided.
Award-value structure
99% confidenceLots 4 and 5 have equal published net values of £3,972,000; Lots 7 and 8 are published at £2,526,000 and £2,844,000 respectively
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Individual award value fields.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Pre-signature status
99% confidenceThe notice is an award announcement, not evidence of signed or commenced contracts
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All awarded records have scheduled futureSignatureDate milestones on 7 December 2026; service start is planned for 1 April 2027.
Unawarded-lot details
98% confidenceLots 1, 2, 3 and 6 are identified as unawarded, but no award values, supplier allocations, re-tender date or full lot titles are supplied as structured lot data
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The tender description lists indicative requirements, while the corresponding award has no supplier or value and no future procurement date is provided.
Publication completeness
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice includes bidder counts, evaluation scores, award rationale, pricing schedules and individual performance measures
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No such fields appear in the supplied notice data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The award notice schedules signature for 7 December 2026; it does not prove contract execution or service commencement.
- No bidder counts, evaluation scores, award rationale, pricing breakdowns or performance measures are supplied.
- Lots 1, 2, 3 and 6 are stated to be unawarded and intended for re-tender, but no re-tender date, allocation, award value or complete structured lot detail is published.
- No individual lot values are published for the unawarded lots.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Coventry City Councilsupported accommodationfloating supportyoung peoplecontract awardMAJESTIC HEALTHCARE LTDSTARLIGHT SUPPORT SERVICES LTDKATECARES.CONSULTANCY LIMITEDHORIZON SUPPORTED ACCOMMODATION LIMITED
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Which suppliers were named in the Coventry supported accommodation awards?
MAJESTIC HEALTHCARE LTD (Lot 4), STARLIGHT SUPPORT SERVICES LTD (Lot 5), KATECARES.CONSULTANCY LIMITED (Lot 7), and HORIZON SUPPORTED ACCOMMODATION LIMITED (Lot 8).
Have the Coventry contracts been signed?
The supplied award notice does not evidence signed contracts. It records a future signature date of 7 December 2026.
Which lots will Coventry City Council re-tender?
The Council states that Lots 1, 2, 3 and 6 were not awarded and will be re-tendered in due course.
ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.