Health services

Tender description

This advert sets out the requirements Bridgend County Borough Council (the Council) has for a range of housing related services for young people. These services will be delivered in line with two separate contracts (Lots) as detailed below: Lot 1 describes the requirements for provision of: • supported accommodation for 16 and 17 year olds; • mediation service for 16 to 21 year olds; • advocacy service for 16 to 25 year olds. Lot 2 describes the requirements for provision of: • supported accommodation for 18 to 21 year olds; • step down accommodation for 18 to 21 year olds; • floating support for 16 to 21 year olds. These services will build upon existing provision, responding to the needs of and supporting service users, who are homeless/threatened with homelessness and have housing related support needs. Provision will support the vision of the Welsh Government Housing Support Grant, ‘A Wales where nobody is homeless and everyone has a safe home where they can flourish and live a fulfilled, active and independent life’. Services will also support the prevention and wellbeing agenda of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014, social services and wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014 and the well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015. In order to secure two providers to deliver provision providers will be able to bid for two lots, but will only be successful with a maximum of one bid (lot). Lot 1 describes the requirements for provision of: • supported Accommodation for 16 and 17 year olds; • mediation Service for 16 to 21 year olds; • advocacy Service for 16 to 25 year olds. Lot 2 describes the requirements for provision of: • supported accommodation for 18 to 21 year olds; • step down accommodation for 18 to 21 year olds; • floating support for 16 to 21 year olds.