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Emergency hotel and nightly-paid temporary accommodation for homeless applicants

North Hertfordshire District Council · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 1 Oct 2026, 17:31.

Opportunity overview

North Hertfordshire District Council requires access to hotel and other nightly-paid accommodation for use as emergency temporary accommodation for homeless applicants. Placements are required to meet the Council's statutory homelessness duties and are made urgently on a case-by-case basis according to suitability, availability, household need, risk, location, accessibility, safeguarding considerations and other relevant statutory factors. This notice relates to an interim direct award / single tender arrangement. The Council has not selected one exclusive supplier. Providers may vary depending on the circumstances of each placement. No supplier is granted exclusivity, guaranteed volume or a right to receive placements under this interim arrangement. The Council's internal approval covers the period 24 February 2025 to 23 February 2027. Part of that period had already elapsed before publication of this notice. This notice is being published to provide transparency in respect of the Council's formalisation and governance of the current interim position while a longer-term procurement route, potentially through a Dynamic Market, is developed.

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
NHDC01120266
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
The Council intends to directly award an interim arrangement for hotel and other nightly-paid accommodation for use as emergency temporary accommodation for homeless applicants. The proposed direct award relies on extreme and unavoidable urgency. The Council has statutory duties under homelessness legislation, including the duty to provide interim accommodation for specified homeless applicants where the statutory threshold is met. Demand is urgent, unpredictable and case-specific. The Council may need to secure suitable accommodation on the same day, taking account of household composition, vulnerability, medical needs, accessibility, domestic abuse risk, criminal justice restrictions, location, availability and other suitability factors. Existing purpose-built temporary accommodation is not sufficient or suitable for all cases, particularly single applicants and applicants with complex support needs. Hotel and other nightly-paid accommodation is therefore required as a last resort to maintain statutory service continuity. A competitive procedure is not practicable for the immediate interim requirement because placements are required urgently and must be matched to individual suitability and availability factors. The arrangement is limited in scope and duration to maintain service continuity only until 23 February 2027 while the Council develops a longer-term procurement route, potentially through a Dynamic Market. Part of the internally approved period had already elapsed before publication of this notice. The notice is being published to provide transparency in respect of the Council's formalisation and governance of the current interim position.
Published risks
Known risks include unpredictable demand, limited provider availability, urgent same-day placement requirements, suitability constraints, safeguarding and location restrictions, accessibility requirements, provider refusal to accept certain placements, and the potential need to use alternative providers where no provider is suitable or available. These risks are inherent in the statutory homelessness context and are managed through case-by-case suitability assessment, service oversight and ongoing monitoring.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

lightTouch

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
urgency

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
North Hertfordshire District Council
Id
GB-PPON-PDWC-9574-WBPY

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PDWC-9574-WBPY

Address

Street Address
Council Offices, Gernon Road
Locality
Letchworth Garden City
Postal Code
SG6 3JF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKH23

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
Emergency hotel and nightly-paid temporary accommodation for homeless applicants
Status
pending
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
55100000
Description
Hotel services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKH23
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
718,316.78
Amount
598,597.32
Currency
GBP

Contract period

Starts
22 May 2026, 00:00
Ends
23 Feb 2027, 23:59

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
047659-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Published
22 May 2026, 11:11
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
22 May 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Letchworth Garden City · UKH23 · SG6 3JF · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 047659-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·