Tri-Borough Staging Post

Tender description

The City of London Corporation (The City) is undertaking a 1 stage procurement process in relation to the provision of a Tri-Borough Staging Post (the 'Service'). Lot 1: The Service to be procured from the proposed contract is classified under Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as "Provision of services to the community". Therefore, the Service advertised i.e. this contract notice, falls among those listed in Annex XIV to Directive 2014/24/EU and the full obligations set out in that directive do not apply. For the avoidance of doubt, the contract is to be procured in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 Regulations 74 to 78, more commonly known as the Light Touch Regime. The precise procurement process to be used is as described in the procurement documents. The service will aim to support current and former rough sleepers from a Tri Borough Partnership of City of London, London Borough of Hackney and London Borough of Tower Hamlets; moving from various temporary accommodation solutions and straight from the streets on a Staging Post basis. Clients coming straight from the streets will already be well known to the referring authority and not referred for initial assessment. The service is designed as an interim arrangement for clients that have already undergone assessment; to sustain a low threshold accommodation model for rough sleepers until such a time as move on accommodation becomes available. Target stay is 12 weeks but can be flexed due to need. The primary focus of the service will be supporting clients with steps needed to achieve their move on successfully. There will be an equal 7 / 7 / 7 split of bedspaces between the tri-borough with placements offered on a “like for like” basis to ensure parity. However, LA leads can agree to override this to prevent any void losses and any such decision will be communicated clearly Move on is to be identified by the referring borough but also sourced by the support service. The City of London Corporation is the lead commissioner for the service on behalf of the Tri-Brough partnership. The proposed length of this contract is to be 3 months with an option to extend for a further 6 months and further subsequent 12 months subject to funding and satisfactory performance. There is currently no funding in place beyond the initial 3 months. There is no Housing Benefit element to this service. Placements are funded by the local authority as Temporary Accommodation. The estimated total value of the contract is also stated in II.1.5) and II.2.6) of this notice and is for the entire duration, i.e. including the optional extensions.