Awarded contract

Interim Support And Accommodation Service Accommodation with high staff presence for Health and Adult social care Clients in urgent accommodation need

  • Brighton & Hove City Council

F21: Social and other specific services – public contracts (contract award notice)

Notice reference: 2021/S 000-015713

Published 7 July 2021, 2:47pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Brighton & Hove City Council

Hove Town Hall,Norton Road

HOVE

BN33BQ

Contact

Procurement Team

Email

procurement@brighton-hove.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1273291949

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKJ21 - Brighton and Hove

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.brighton-hove.gov.uk

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
  • UKJ - South East (England)

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

• Victims of domestic violence

• Victims of exploThis 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 injuryitation

• 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.


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Form of procedure

Open procedure

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2021/S 000-010461

four.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice

The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice


Section five. Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: No

five.1) Information on non-award

The contract/lot is not awarded

No tenders or requests to participate were received or all were rejected