Health and social work services

Tender description

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council (BDBC) are seeking to commission pilots for social inclusion and homelessness services for 2017- 2019 to best meet local needs and deliver positive outcomes. The pilots have come about following agreement between BDBC and Hampshire County Council, whereby grant funding previously attributable to Supporting People will be combined with BDBC's Homelessness Prevention Grant. The aims and objectives of the services will be: (I) To provide a flexible and responsive crisis intervention and prevention service to vulnerable people with support needs who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless that improves health and well-being, supports social inclusion and reduces the likelihood of them needing adult social care services. (ii) To provide holistic support that prevents homelessness and repeat homelessness, and the loss of independence through tenancy breakdown, hospital admission, custody or other forms of institutionalised care. (iii) To target individuals and families at an early stage and provide interventions which prevent escalation of need and sustain an individual's current housing situation where it is safe to do so. (iv) To enable service users to develop their capacity to live independently so as to be able to maintain independent accommodation without the need for intensive support at the earliest appropriate opportunity. (v) Support vulnerable people who are in crisis during a period of change in their life/condition/circumstances with the express aim of increasing the individual's level of independence. To help with the formulation of the scope of services and procurement process, BDBC wishes to engage with providers in order to obtain their views on the services to be provided, particularly with regard to the various lots that will comprise the contract — see additional information at paragraph 11.8 below. BDBC will therefore be hosting a providers engagement event on Friday, 20.5.2016. BDBC reserves its position to adjust the number and/or scope of the Lots following feedback received at the providers event.