Supported Accommodation Provider Event

Tender description

Please join us for an event at Sand Martin House, Peterborough, for an introduction to the tendering opportunity for Supported Accommodation Services for Young People in Care. This event is open to all; tendering requirements will be in accordance with the Supported Accommodation (England) Regulations 2023 and the Public Contract Regulations 2015. Agenda 1. Welcome & Introduction 2. Peterborough’s sufficiency needs for Supported Accommodation 3. Introducing the New Framework 4. Q&A 5. Procurement Workshop - Applying for the tender 6. Closing remarks 7. Networking Please contact Claire.Hurst@Peterborough.gov.uk to register for this event. In the interest of transparency and so as not to inadvertently waste anyone’s time, interested economic operators are advised that part of the Selection Criteria to be used in our upcoming Procurement activity will be to: 1. Confirm your Ofsted Registration for the Supported Accommodation (England) Regulations 2023. Please note, CQC registration is not accepted. 2. Confirm that you have, or will have, provision active within the prescribed geographical location (within a 20-mile radius from PE2 8TY) on or before the 1st April 2024, providing addresses for those properties within this location. Note, it is a requirement that properties are recorded within the Organisation’s Ofsted Registration. Local Authorities are required to take steps to secure, so far as is reasonably practicable, sufficient accommodation for children in care within their local area. This enables children and young people to maintain education, training and employment, contact with families and friends and access to their local communities. These criteria will be evaluated on a PASS/FAIL basis. Interested economic operators who do not satisfy these criteria during our upcoming Procurement Activity will not be successful. NOTE - EXPRESSING INTEREST IN THIS EVENT DOES NOT EQUAL AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST IN ANY FUTURE PROCUREMENT ACTIVITY Lot 1: Supported accommodation and support for eligible and relevant young people in care, aged 16-18 Lot 1 is for providers who can offer Supported accommodation and support for eligible and relevant young people in care, aged 16-18 Lot 2: Supported accommodation and support for separated migrant children and / or formerly Separated Migrant Children with No Recourse to Public Funds Lot 2 is for providers who can offer Supported accommodation and support for separated migrant children and / or formerly Separated Migrant Children with No Recourse to Public Funds. Lot 3: Block contract call offs for Supported accommodation and support in accordance with individual call offs Lot 3 is for the provision of Block contract call offs for Supported accommodation and support in accordance with individual call offs.