Social work services with accommodation

Tender description

Shropshire Council invites tenders for a contract to provide Refuge and Outreach Support for the Local Authority area of Shropshire Council to run from April 2017 until March 2020 with possible extensions of 1 year plus a further year. Shropshire Council is seeking tenders from organisations who will provide supported accommodation units for victims of domestic abuse and violence and help to access mainstream provision and outreach support for the Local Authority area of Shropshire Council. Outreach support will need to have the flexibility to support a service user wherever they live. It should be designed to ensure once service users have accommodation they are supported to maintain independent lives. The number of reported incidents of domestic abuse within Shropshire has increased over the three year period 2013 to 2015. The reports of domestic abuse are not equally distributed across the geography of Shropshire. The total number of domestic abuse reports recorded in Shropshire in 2015 was 3 200 (10.45/1000). Shropshire Council welcomes consortia or partnership bids to meet the range of skills, areas of expertise and requirements set out in this specification. Bids of this nature must identify a single agency to act as the prime contractor and as the nominated point of contact with the Council. As a public authority, in line with the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 the Council has due regard to economic, social and environmental well-being in Shropshire. Accordingly the council is looking, in relation to the delivery of this contract, for proposals from contractors that could help provide additional social value benefits within Shropshire where practicable. Please note that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 may apply to this contract and applications should seek their own legal advice of this application.