Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
City of London Corporation
Guildhall
London
EC2P 2EJ
Mohammad.Mostafa@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 2076063030
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKI - London
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk
Buyer's address
https://www.capitalesourcing.com
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
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
Soft Market Testing - Rough Sleeper Navigators
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The City of London Corporation (the ‘City’) is carrying out Pre-procurement market engagement (‘PPME’) in relation to the Rough Sleeper Navigators.
The City of London is currently facing high numbers of street homelessness within the Square Mile.
A rough sleepers Navigator service is additional to the City’s Street Outreach Service and targeted at working with the most prolific and entrenched rough sleepers who are either identified as Target 1000 clients or classed as “Living On the Streets”.
Rough Sleeper Navigators is currently a shared service, commissioned by Tower Hamlets, however the intention of the City of London Corporation Homelessness and Rough Sleeper Service is to commission a City specific service for the next 18 months plus whilst a third party review of all rough sleeper interventions is underway.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKI - London
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This is a soft market testing exercise in relation to an upcoming requirement the City of London
Corporation (the City) has for a new Rough Sleeper Navigators.
The soft market testing will involve the submission of the SMT questionnaire — to be received by
12.00pm Noon on 07.01.2025 via the capital esourcingportal.
If your organisation would like to participate in this market engagement exercise, it can do so by
completing and returning the soft market testing questionnaire which can be found on the City’s
e-procurement portal at www.capitalesourcing.com
Participants should register as a supplier on the portal on the aforementioned link (if not
already), then search for the opportunity titled ‘City Advice Service’ where the questionnaire can
be obtained.
Please ensure the questionnaire is uploaded to the capital esourcing portal
www.capitalesourcing.com by 12.00pm Noon on 07.01.2025.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
9 December 2024
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This Soft Market Testing is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system ‘CapitaleSourcing’
(url:www.capitalesourcing.com).
Therefore, to access the PPME documentation please register on the system and then search using
'Rough Sleeper Navigators'.
Organisations must submit their completed SMT questionnaire, together with any supporting
documents via the system by the return deadline of 12.00 pm Noon on 07.01.2025 in order to
participate and registration is free.
SMT questionnaire submissions cannot be uploaded after the return deadline.
The City will not be held accountable for any errors made by an organisation in submitting their SMT
questionnaire.