Social work services with accommodation

Tender description

The Isle of Wight Council invites tenders from suitably qualified suppliers for the provision of a 16 + Single Homeless Pathway. The authority is inviting suppliers with relevant experience to establish a pathway service for single homeless people aged 16+, including those with no fixed abode/rough sleeping or at risk of rough sleeping and those threatened with homelessness. This pathway will maximise 'move on' options whilst reducing demand on statutory services. The authority is seeking proposals from suppliers who are able to deliver all, or part, of the pathway requirements. If the authority is in a position to do so, it will award a contract(s) to the supplier(s) who are able to offer the most economically advantageous tender for the elements and stages of the pathway that are being tendered for. The service will consist of: — rough sleeper outreach offer, — supported accommodation, — resettlement support offer. Our aims align with the Governments rough sleeping strategy 2018, which is organised around 3 core pillars: prevention, intervention and recovery. Prevention focuses on providing timely support before individuals and households become homeless. Intervention focusses on helping people who are already in crisis to get swift, targeted support. Recovery emphasises how we will support people to find a new home quickly and rebuild their lives via a new ‘accommodation first’ approach, utilising the principles of housing first models. This will support us meet our overarching aspirations to make: — homelessness in all forms will be a rare occurrence: we will provide the right support at the right time, so people can access a home and sustain a home they can call their own, — homelessness will be a brief experience: we will give individuals and choice and control by systemically improving pathways, support and accommodation options to reduce the trauma associated to homelessness, — homelessness a one-off experience: we will increase access to settled homes. The procurement process shall be based on the competitive procedure with negotiation as defined in Regulation 29 of the PCR15, however, due to the procurement being subject to the LTR, the process and resulting contracting mechanism has not been prescribed as detailed by the PCR15 and is being designed to suit the specific requirements of the procurement.