Health and social work services

Tender description

This Prior Information Notice is being issued to inform the market that Medway Council will be issuing a tender for Supported Housing for Young People. A number of provisions were last tendered in May 2014 and awarded under a procurement process titled Housing Related Support Services: KENT-9GELD5. The provision related to Supported Housing for Young People was tendered in 2 contractual lots and awarded to two different economic operators. One of the economic operators has provided notice to Medway Council and therefore the Council will be making a fresh approach to the market to re-provision that aspect. The service is accommodation based support services, in addition economic operators will be required to secure or identify suitable accommodation where the service will be delivered. The provision will be tendered via the Kent business portal with reference Contract: AFRF-3S7R5E: Supported Housing for Young People. Interested suppliers should register on the Kent Business Portal and await the release of the tender. A contract notice will be published (OJEU) in due course and the project and tender documents will become available on the tender portal in due course. It is likely to be an open procedure. The Council will work with the successful and existing providers regarding transition and mobilisation. The Council aim to appoint a provider early in the calendar year 2017, with a transition and mobilisation phase with full contractual delivery for the start of the new fiscal year. The indicative contract value has been calculated based on a contract length of 2.25 years to make this provision co-terminus with the existing contracts awarded as part of the original procurement exercise.