Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Brighton & Hove City Council
Hove Town Hall,Norton Road
HOVE
BN33BQ
Contact
Procurement Team
procurement@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 1273291949
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ - South East (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://www.sesharedservices.org.uk/esourcing
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://www.sesharedservices.org.uk/esourcing
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Interim Support And Accommodation Service Accommodation with high staff presence for Health and Adult social care Clients in urgent accommodation need
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This service will provide safe interim accommodation for people whose immediate accommodation and support needs cannot be met within mainstream supported housing or general needs housing.
The service will take referrals for clients who are engaged with Adult Social Care, all clients will have been assessed under the Care Act and will have a suitable care or support package in place to meet any identified needs.
Staff at the project will monitor the wellbeing of clients and ensure that access for care staff and adult social care staff is facilitated. Staff at the project will ensure that all residents are provided with five (5) hours face to face support weekly and that joint care plans are drawn up with Adult Social Care staff with a view to stabilising service users whilst H&ASC work to move them onto to alternative accommodation.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This contract is for the provision of a minimum of 5 unit support and accommodation service which aims to stabilise and sustain clients who are unable to access general needs or mainstream supported housing through a personalised, trauma informed model allowing assessment and planning by H&ASC for onward accommodation.
The service will:
• Work with partners to ensure effective communication, co-ordination and collaboration to sustain people with multiple and compound needs in accommodation for assessment and planning
• Deliver a service that is tailored to individual needs
• Deliver a service which represents good value for money for the council
• Enable Service Users to make empowered and positive choices about their future
A personalised and psychologically informed approach to support provision.
The service will provide a place of safety, security and stability i.e. accommodation to enable service users to stabilise.
The service will provide staffing 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
The Service Provider will support and accommodate clients who may have been multiply excluded from other accommodation services.
Service Users will have a range of complex needs including:
• Mental health issues (diagnosed and undiagnosed)
• Learning disability and difficulty
• Personality disorders
• Alcohol/substance misuse
• Behavioural problems (resulting in anti-social behaviour)
• Head injury/acquired brain injury
• Victims of domestic violence
• Victims of exploitation
• Sexual abuse
• Physical health issues
• History of offending and sex work.
The Service Provider will work with Service Users whose engagement with support may range from dependent to dismissive or challenging, behaviour may be erratic and unpredictable.
The management of risks will reflect the complex/multiple support needs and challenging behaviour. Risks may also arise from the responses of other people to the Service User.
Service Users will provide one to one contact time between Service User and staff for at least five (5) hours a week and will facilitate engagement from care and adult social care staff who will be acting in a care co-ordination role.
The Service Provider will work with the Care Co-ordinator/Lead Practitioner to stabilise Service Users and prepare them for onward referrals to services which are suitable and able to meet their needs.
The Service Provider will work in a creative way to address physical and mental health issues which arise in the provision of the service.
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £650,000
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria
Financial suitability will be assess prior to contract award.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Form of procedure
Open procedure
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
14 June 2021
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
Section six. Complementary information
six.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted