Health and social work services

Tender description

Scope of Procurement Reading Borough Council currently commissions a contract for the provision of rough sleeper outreach which is due to expire on 31.8.2018. The Council are seeking to commission a new service to support those who are sleeping rough as part of a suite of Homelessness Support Services beginning 1.9.2018 that will include floating support and accommodation based support services. The rough sleeper outreach service contract being procured is as follows: Contract Rough sleeper outreach service Contract value 170 000 GBP per annum The Council proposes to enter into a contract with the successful tenderer for an initial period of 5 years, with the option for up to 2 extensions, each of up to 24 months in total. Reading Borough Council requires a provider to deliver an outreach service to those who are rough sleeping. The service will: — Provide staffing capacity to support a minimum of 40 found and a minimum of 25 reported rough sleepers at any given time, — Intervene early with people who are new to the streets using a No Second Night Out (NSNO) model of delivery, enabling clients to access sit-up and emergency bed spaces within Reading’s Intensive and Engaging Support Hub to prevent longer term and entrenched rough sleeping behaviours, — Assist entrenched rough sleepers, to include those with severe and multiple needs, to improve their current situation by using MEAM principles to prepare individuals to access accommodation services. This will include the Housing First model, physical and / or mental health treatment and / or beginning to engage with harm reduction and other relevant services that will move them away from a street-based lifestyle, — Deliver a Housing First model through the social rented and private rented sector for a minimum of 5 individuals, — Co-locate with the Intensive and Engaging Support Hub, — Support the Hub to deliver comprehensive and holistic services to rough sleepers.