Other community, social and personal services

Tender description

Lot 1: Homeless Accommodation and Support Service. Stage 1: A minimum of 55 emergency units with support for homeless single adults. Service availability 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Client can be accommodated up to 3 months. Stage 2: A minimum of 25 units with support for single homeless adults. Service availability flexibly 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Client to be accommodated up to 6 months. Stage 3: A minimum of support for 100 clients per annum to locate move-on accommodation and support. Service availability flexibly to meet client’s needs 5 days a week excluding bank holidays. Client to be supported up to 6 months. Lot 2: Housing First Pilot Service: provide a minimum of 18 units per annum of accommodation and related support in settled general needs accommodation for: — entrenched Rough Sleepers, — those affected by poor Mental Health, — those with a history of Offending, — young people with complex needs, — those with substance misuse. This service forms part of a model in which providers will work in partnership with other services, for example Wolverhampton Homes, Health professionals, other providers, authorities within the West Midlands Combined Authority region and the Council to move and maintain people safely and effectively in independent living. We are inviting tenders for the provision of accommodation and support for homeless adults within the city. The Council is looking to appoint one provider in each of the following framework lots: Lot 1: Homeless Accommodation and Support Service: 1 provider to deliver: Stage 1: A minimum of 55 units of Emergency accommodation with support for homeless single adults. The service shall be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Each client can be accommodated for up to 3 months. Stage 2: A minimum of 25 supported accommodation units for single homeless adults. The service shall be available flexibly 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Each client can be accommodated for up to 6 months. Stage 3: A minimum of support for 100 clients per annum to locate move-on accommodation and support. The service shall be available flexibly to meet client’s needs 5 days a week, excluding bank holidays. Each client can be supported for up 6 months. Contract term will be for 3 years plus an option to extend for a further 2 years. This service forms part of a model in which providers will work in partnership with other services, for example Wolverhampton Homes, Health professionals, other providers, authorities within the West Midlands Combined Authority region and the Council to move and maintain people safely and effectively in independent living. West Midlands Combined Authority has received funding from central government for a Housing First Pilot. The funding has been shared amongst each of the seven local authorities to enable them to commission services bespoke to the needs of their area. The WMCA’s plan for Housing First is rooted in 3 key drivers: — preventing people from becoming homeless or rough sleeping, — responding quickly and innovatively for those rough sleeping or who are homeless, — keeping people off the streets and out of homelessness. The service shall provide a minimum of 18 units per annum of accommodation and related support in settled general needs accommodation for: — entrenched Rough Sleepers, — those affected by poor Mental Health, — those with a history of Offending, — young people with complex needs, — those with substance misuse. The contract term is anticipated to be 3 years plus an option to extend for a further 2 years.