📋 Tender Overview
Contract awarded for single homeless pathway - two saint limitedThe authority is inviting suppliers with relevant experience to establish a pathway service for single homeless people aged 16 Including those with no fixed aboderough sleeping or at risk of rough sleeping and those threatened with homelessness. This pathway will maximise move on options whilst reducing demand on statutory services. The authority is seeking proposals from suppliers who are able to deliver all Or part Of the pathway requirements. If the authority is in a position to do so It will award a contracts to the suppliers who are able to offer the most economically advantageous tender for the elements and stages of the pathway that are being tendered for. The service will consist of rough sleeper outreach offer supported accommodation resettlement support offer. Our aims align with the governments rough sleeping strategy 2018 Which is organised around three core pillars Prevention Intervention and recovery. Prevention focuses on providing timely support before individuals and households become homeless. Intervention focusses on helping people who are already in crisis to get swift Targeted support. Recovery emphasises how we will support people to find a new home quickly and rebuild their lives via a new accommodation first approach Utilising the principles of housing first models. This will support us meet our overarching aspirations to make homelessness in all forms will be a rare occurrence We will provide the right support at the right time So people can access a home and sustain a home they can call their own homelessness will be a brief experience We will give individuals and choice and control by systemically improving pathways Support and accommodation options to reduce the trauma associated to homelessness homelessness a one-off experience We will increase access to settled homes. The procurement process shall be based on the competitive procedure with negotiation as defined in regulation 29 of the pcr15 However Due to the procurement being subject to the ltr The process and resulting contracting mechanism has not been prescribed as detailed by the pcr15 and is being designed to suit the specific requirements of the procurement. The budget available for the whole pathway is 1350000. The authority will require suppliers to set out the cost of delivering the elements of the pathway that they are tendering for. The authority will need to ensure that the whole pathway comes within the budget set out which may require some dialogue and negotiation with tendering suppliers to guarantee its overall affordability. Suppliers are expected to work with the authority if this situation arises. In addition to the budget set out in the paragraph above The authority has identified 500000 that can be made available to supplie
