Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Oxfordshire County Council
4th Floor, County Hall,, New Road
Oxford
OX1 1ND
Contact
Mr Simon Walkden
simon.walkden@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 7748921109
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ14 - Oxfordshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
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
Oxfordshire's Homelessness Alliance
Reference number
DN544512
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85310000 - Social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Oxfordshire is a large county made up of four district council areas and the City of Oxford. 750,000 people live in the county, concentrated in Oxford and large market towns; significant areas of the county are rural.
Homelessness is a key issue within the county, exacerbated by relatively high house prices, particularly in the south of the county. Most people who sleep rough do so in the City and this is where most of the supported accommodation and support services are concentrated. Although the City of Oxford has the highest levels of homelessness, we know that tackling homelessness needs to be a collective and county wide effort, with many of the housing solutions lying outside the City.
A strong and emerging partnership of statutory and voluntary community sector partners have been working over the long term to prevent and resolve homelessness. There is also a high level of commitment to ending homelessness and to finding better solutions which are centred around people’s needs and aspirations.
Strategic context: The vision and priorities for ending homelessness are set out in the County Wide Strategy as follows:
Vision: To prevent and resolve homelessness, so that no one sleeps rough in Oxfordshire.
Principles:
We treat people in need of our services with respect
We acknowledge people as individuals and work with their strengths
We work in a ‘psychologically informed way’, understanding how past trauma and adverse childhood experiences affect people who experience homelessness
We actively involve people affected by homelessness in identifying solutions and offer choice wherever possible
We focus on the health, wellbeing and quality of life of people who experience homeless, addressing the whole person, not just housing needs
We co-operate to deliver a co-ordinated and consistent service across the county
Priorities:
Proactively prevent homelessness
Rapid response to rough sleeping
Focus on the person, not the problem
Timely move on
The right home in the right place
We are commissioning for outcomes and inviting Alliances, made up of a minimum of four providers, to tell us how they will organise themselves to collectively deliver on these outcomes. Separate but identical contracts will be held with each member of the alliance.
As statutory organisations, we will work with the successful Alliance to design a system that will enable the vision - To prevent and resolve homelessness, so that no one sleeps rough in Oxfordshire - to become a reality. This is a shift away from our historical commissioning approach where service volumes rather than outcomes were specified and fixed.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £32,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ14 - Oxfordshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Oxfordshire is a large county made up of four district council areas and the City of Oxford. 750,000 people live in the county, concentrated in Oxford and large market towns; significant areas of the county are rural.
Homelessness is a key issue within the county, exacerbated by relatively high house prices, particularly in the south of the county. Most people who sleep rough do so in the City and this is where most of the supported accommodation and support services are concentrated. Although the City of Oxford has the highest levels of homelessness, we know that tackling homelessness needs to be a collective and county wide effort, with many of the housing solutions lying outside the City.
A strong and emerging partnership of statutory and voluntary community sector partners have been working over the long term to prevent and resolve homelessness. There is also a high level of commitment to ending homelessness and to finding better solutions which are centred around people’s needs and aspirations.
Strategic context: The vision and priorities for ending homelessness are set out in the County Wide Strategy as follows:
Vision: To prevent and resolve homelessness, so that no one sleeps rough in Oxfordshire.
Principles:
We treat people in need of our services with respect
We acknowledge people as individuals and work with their strengths
We work in a ‘psychologically informed way’, understanding how past trauma and adverse childhood experiences affect people who experience homelessness
We actively involve people affected by homelessness in identifying solutions and offer choice wherever possible
We focus on the health, wellbeing and quality of life of people who experience homeless, addressing the whole person, not just housing needs
We co-operate to deliver a co-ordinated and consistent service across the county
Priorities:
Proactively prevent homelessness
Rapid response to rough sleeping
Focus on the person, not the problem
Timely move on
The right home in the right place
We are commissioning for outcomes and inviting Alliances, made up of a minimum of four providers, to tell us how they will organise themselves to collectively deliver on these outcomes. Separate but identical contracts will be held with each member of the alliance.
As statutory organisations, we will work with the successful Alliance to design a system that will enable the vision - To prevent and resolve homelessness, so that no one sleeps rough in Oxfordshire - to become a reality. This is a shift away from our historical commissioning approach where service volumes rather than outcomes were specified and fixed.
The estimated overall value is based on the maximum potential over the initial 5 year term and option to extend for up to 3 further years and allows for the potential for funding to increase but this is not guaranteed. The estimated budget for the first year is circa GBP 3.8m
The subject matter of this procurement process relates to the delivery of services which are listed to in Schedule 3 to the regulations. As such the full regime set out in the regulations will not apply to the award of the framework contracts. Consequently, the procurement process adopted by the Commissioners has been developed in accordance with Regulation 76 of the regulations and in particular in accordance with the fundamental public procurement principles of transparency and equal treatment. For the avoidance of doubt this means that the Commissioners have not adopted the open procedure (as such term is defined in the regulations) for the undertaking of this procurement process. The fact that in this Contract Notice at SectionIV.1) the field/box relating to type of procedure may default to the term ‘Open’ does not mean that this procedure is being followed by the Commissioners.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start date
1 April 2022
End date
31 March 2027
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
There is an option to extend for up to 36 months
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
28 June 2021
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 10 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
28 June 2021
Local time
1:00pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
Royal Courts of Justice
London
WC1A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom