Health and social work services

Tender description

Newcastle City Council are seeking to publish 5 tender opportunities (6 contracts) that provide homelessness prevention and relief responses. The contract term will be 4 years (2 years with 2 x 12-month options to extend) to commence on 1.10.2019, for all contracts: opportunity 1: homelessness prevention and relief service in the East of Newcastle upon Tyne; Opportunity 2: homelessness prevention and relief service in the West of Newcastle upon Tyne; Opportunity 3: citywide supported accommodation for homeless people (2 separate contracts available); Opportunity 4: supported accommodation and resettlement support for young people aged 16-24; Opportunity 5: integrated accommodation and floating support service for people with mental health problems. Providers can choose to bid for as many or as few of the contracts, however: — any one prime contractor can only be awarded one of opportunities 1 and 2, — any one prime contractor can only be awarded one of the contracts in opportunity 3. Overall aim of the service is to delivers an integrated response that prevents and relieves homelessness through the provision of: — preventative outreach support, — homelessness relief accommodation, which is short-term homelessness relief accommodation and crisis ‘emergency beds’, — housing first, — resettlement support. See http://www.nepoportal.org portal reference DN397264 for full service description and requirements. For clarity, providers can choose to bid for as many or as few of the contracts, however: — any one prime contractor can only be awarded one of opportunities 1 and 2, — any one prime contractor can only be awarded one of the 2 contracts available in opportunity 3. Overall aim of the service is to delivers an integrated response that prevents and relieves homelessness through the provision of: — preventative outreach support, — homelessness relief accommodation, which is short-term homelessness relief accommodation and crisis ‘emergency beds’, — housing first, — resettlement support. See http://www.nepoportal.org portal reference DN397405 for full service description and requirements. For clarity, providers can choose to bid for as many or as few of the contracts, however: — any one prime contractor can only be awarded one of opportunities 1 and 2, — any one prime contractor can only be awarded one of the 2 contracts available in opportunity 3. These services will provide good quality supported accommodation in community-based settings, with support that prepare people to move to sustainable independence. This opportunity will be awarded as 2 separate contracts, these will be awarded to the 2 highest ranked tenderers, based on an equal 50/50 split of stated contract value available. i.e. 2 386 268,00 GBP to each successful tenderer over the 4 years available (2 years with 2 x 12-month options to extend) to commence on 1.10.2019. See http://www.nepoportal.org portal reference DN397407 for full service description and requirements. For clarity, providers can choose to bid for as many or as few of the contracts, however: — any one prime contractor can only be awarded one of opportunities 1 and 2, — any one prime contractor can only be awarded one of the 2 contracts available in opportunity 3. This service will provide good quality accommodation and specialist support to meet the needs of young people including the provision of crisis ‘emergency beds’ and resettlement support. See http://www.nepoportal.org portal reference DN397414 for full service description and requirements. For clarity, providers can choose to bid for as many or as few of the contracts, however: — any one prime contractor can only be awarded one of opportunities 1 and 2, — any one prime contractor can only be awarded one of the 2 contracts available in opportunity 3. This service will ensure there is an integrated offer of accommodation and support that responds flexibly to meet the needs of people with mental health problems to ensure the most appropriate intervention is offered. See http://www.nepoportal.org portal reference DN397419 for full service description and requirements. For clarity, providers can choose to bid for as many or as few of the contracts, however: — any one prime contractor can only be awarded one of opportunities 1 and 2, — any one prime contractor can only be awarded one of the 2 contracts available in opportunity 3.