Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Kent County Council
Sessions House
Maidstone
ME14 1XQ
Contact
Mr Max Guest
Telephone
+44 3000419607
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKJ4 - Kent
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Kent Integrated Homeless Support Service
Reference number
DN641022
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85310000 - Social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Kent Homeless Connect (KHC) service was commissioned by the Council in October 2018 to support adults with complex support needs who are facing homelessness. To meet the financial challenge posed by the budget this year and in years to come, the Council’s budget, agreed on 10 February 2022, included the proposal to allow the service to end when the contract expires on 30 September 2022.
After this date, the Council agreed to provide protection funding, drawn from its reserves, to ensure continued support for people who use the service for at least the remainder of the financial year (2022/2023) whilst transitional plans are drawn up with city, district and borough authorities and other stakeholders, in order that alternative arrangements for support in the future can be put in place.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2018/S 002-001891
Section seven. Changes
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number
IV.1
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The focus of the transition period is to end the existing framework contract. It was not deemed appropriate for this work to be tendered as the incumbent providers were the only ones capable of doing this work within the available budget. Furthermore, the decision was only taken by KCC to end this service on the 19.8.22, a little over a month before the 30.9.22 contractual end date. Therefore, sufficient time to run a formal procurement exercise was not available.
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The council has taken legal advice on the vehicle to be used to facilitate the transition period and is satisfied that there is sufficient justification under S.33(3) of the Public Contract Regulations to take this approach.