ITESS contract for the Vale of Glamorgan Council

Tender description

The Vale of Glamorgan Council’s Supporting People Team is tendering for the Independence & Tenancy Support Service (ITESS) generic floating support service to provide housing related support to people at risk of homelessness and/or people who require support to maintain their tenancies living in the Vale of Glamorgan. Lot 1: The TESS and Independence services are two of the of the Vale’s longest running housing related support services and are a key component of floating support in the Vale. The current TESS 3 and Independence contracts have both been in place since 2016. The Vale of Glamorgan Council’s aim is to reconfigure the existing TESS 3 and Independence services into single combined service and have a new contract in place to commence from the 1st August 2021. The new contract will run for 3 years and include the option for an additional two 12-month extensions, making 5 years the maximum possible duration of this contract. The new contract will be called the Independence & Tenancy Support Service (ITESS. It is the view of the Council that TUPE applies to this contract. To that end TUPE information for both previous contracts has been included with the tender documents.