Adult Pathway Services - Phase 2

Tender description

The London Borough of Camden is seeking to award contracts for the provision of five services which form part of the Adult Pathway. The Adult Pathway comprises 643 beds (537 delivered by six external providers and 106 by the in-house service) across 15 accommodation-based services (hostels and supported housing), plus an intensive floating support service for 72 ex-Pathway clients living in their own independent accommodation The procurement consists of 5 Lots: Lot 1 - Domestic Violence and Abuse (Refuge) Lot 2 – 88 Arlington Road (flats and hostels) Lot 3 – Shared Houses Lot 4 – Camden Housing First Lot 5 – Women Recovery (specialist support for women with multiple disadvantage) These services come under Chapter 3, Section 7 (Social and Other Specific Services) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Under Regulation 76 the Council may determine the procedure to be applied in connection with the award of the Contracts. Lot 1: Lot 1 - Domestic Violence and Abuse (Refuge) A specialist domestic abuse and violence accommodation based support for 25 women and children who are fleeing domestic abuse or violence and that complies with Statutory Guidance for refuges for local authorities under the Domestic Abuse Act 2021. Lot 2: Lot 2 – 88 Arlington (flats and hostels) Accommodation based support for 38 men and women in both hostel and self-contained accommodation. Service users are vulnerable and homeless or rough sleepers and have a range of support needs and often will be pre-contemplative. Lot 3: Lot 3 – Shared Houses Accommodation based support for 49 men and women who are vulnerable and homeless or rough sleepers that supports them to prepare for options to move out of the Pathway. Services users may have a range of support needs but are generally engaging and working towards independence. Lot 4: Lot 4 – Camden Housing First Intensive housing related floating support for 72 men and women who are ex- Adult Pathway residents living in their own accommodation in London. Please also note that the full capacity of 72 units from 1st January 2025 will be dependant on external funding from the Government’s Rough Sleepers Accommodation Programme continuing. If funding is not available for 72 units from 1st January 2025 the capacity will reduce to 50 units. Lot 5: Lot 5 – Women Recovery (specialist support for women with multiple disadvantage) A specialist accommodation-based support that is trauma and gender informed for 22 women who have experienced multiple disadvantage. Service users are vulnerable and homeless or rough sleepers and will have a combination of high support needs, often been excluded from other services and present a high risk to themselves or others.