Scope
Description
The Authority will deliver a Selective Licensing scheme with a Delivery Partner starting from April 2026 for a period of 5 years. The scheme covers a designated area of the East Marsh in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire. The Authority is now engaging a Delivery Partner to provide the additional capacity needed to deliver the scheme with enforcement still remaining within the remit of the Authority.
Contract 1. Delivery Partner for Selective Licensing Scheme in North East Lincolnshire
Supplier
Contract value
- £561,850 excluding VAT
- £674,220 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Earliest date the contract will be signed
9 February 2026
Contract dates (estimated)
- 13 February 2026 to 7 April 2031
- 5 years, 1 month, 23 days
Main procurement category
Services
Options
The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid.
There is a possibility the contract will need an option to extend to cover a further ward or wards in the event that the Authority's in house operations are unable to to cover this extra requirement.
CPV classifications
- 70210000 - Residential property renting or leasing services
Contract locations
- UKE13 - North and North East Lincolnshire
Participation
Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
- Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Other information
Description of risks to contract performance
There is a possibility that if the Authority is unable to expand operations in house through recruitment, and another ward(s) in the Borough gain(s) a Designation, the Authority would need to change the contract. This is a current known risk.
Conflicts assessment prepared/revised
Yes
Procedure
Procedure type
Direct award
Direct award justification
- Single supplier - technical reasons
- Extreme and unavoidable urgency
This is a new and limited market and there absence of competition due to technical reasons. Due to this and the statutory legal requirement to have a service in place by 8th April 2026, the Authority initially tried to recruit and deliver the service in house however recruitment failed. The Authority then conducted a PME (see linked notice) and the only respondent was Home Safe and benchmarking research with other Authorities confirmed that there was only one provider available.
Supplier
HOME SAFE DELIVERY PARTNERS LTD
- Companies House: 09371007
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PJJQ-1757-QXLG
The Castle Mill Minneymoor Hill
Doncaster
DN12 3EN
United Kingdom
Email: info@home-safe.org.uk
Website: http://www.home-safe.org.uk
Region: UKE31 - Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Contract 1. Delivery Partner for Selective Licensing Scheme in North East Lincolnshire
Contracting authority
North East Lincolnshire Borough Council
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PXNN-3676-XCQV
Municipal Offices, Town Hall Square
Grimsby
DN31 1HU
United Kingdom
Email: procurement@nelincs.gov.uk
Website: http://www.nelincs.gov.uk
Region: UKE13 - North and North East Lincolnshire
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government