Health and social work services

Tender description

This project is being run as part of the light touch regime allowable under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council commissions a number of services that provides housing support to people within the locality. The purpose of this tender is to commission a generic floating support service which is tenure neutral. The aim of the service is to provide generic floating support to people who may require support to access accommodation and/or maintain and sustain their home enabling them to live independently in the community. The service is tenure neutral and will be provided to people who are: — owner occupiers, — social housing tenants, — private rented tenants, — residing in temporary accommodation, —residing with family/friends, — homeless, — sofa surfing, — other accommodation not listed above. This project is being run as part of the light touch regime allowable under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The purpose of this tender is to commission a generic floating support service which is tenure neutral. The aim of the service is to provide generic floating support to people who may require support to access accommodation and/or maintain and sustain their home enabling them to live independently in the community. The service is tenure neutral and will be provided to people who are: — owner occupiers, — social housing tenants, — private rented tenants, — residing in temporary accommodation, — residing with family/friends, — homeless, — sofa surfing, — other accommodation not listed above. Support will be provided to individuals aged 16 years old and over, there is no upper age limit. This is a generic service and people accessing the service may also have a range of needs which may include physical disabilities, mental health issues, substance misuse issues, learning difficulties. Individuals will be residents of Blaenau Gwent. In order to access the service a person must be willing to engage with support. Please note the supporting people team expects as a minimum 460 hours of support to be provided each week (this includes both direct and indirect support). This is a hours based service and will be subject to a supporting people payment clawback if the minimum levels of service delivery as determined by the tender process (i.e the hours) are not met.