Published date: 26 June 2018

Last edited date: 26 June 2018

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 5 July 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Provision of services to the community - 75200000

  • Social work and related services - 85300000

  • Social work services - 85310000

    • Social work services with accommodation - 85311000

    • Welfare services for the elderly - 85311100

    • Welfare services for children and young people - 85311300

    • Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions - 85312400

    • Social services - 85320000

    • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

B4 7WB

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

QU133

Published date

26 June 2018

Closing date

5 July 2018

Contract start date

16 July 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Dear Providers,

Housing First is an innovative and intensive approach to housing people who sleep rough, and other very vulnerable people, in safe and secure accommodation, with as few barriers as possible. Intensive, ongoing support is then provided to help sustain accommodation, and provide a foundation from which other issues may be addressed.

The West Midlands Combined Authority has recently been awarded Housing First Pilot status by the Department for Communities and Local Government. To accompany the pilot status the West Midlands has been awarded an additional £9.6m in funding to implement the Housing First approach. The pilot will run for 3 years with a further two years of legacy support. Over this time the pilot will seek to accommodate and support 675 of the most vulnerable individuals across the West Midlands to substantially reduce levels of rough sleeping.

Birmingham City Council is the Accountable Body for the delivery of the Housing First Pilot and now needs to put in place a structure to establish a programme for delivery of the Pilot.

To support this Birmingham City Council requires a supplier for the provision of initial mobilisation support to the West Midlands Housing First Pilot.

It is currently envisaged that the initial mobilisation phase will commence in mid-July 2018 and will end in March 2019.

To ensure that the initial mobilisation phase is effective we require a mobilisation support provider who:

• Can commence support in mid-July 2018
• Has significant experience in working to develop and run innovative and transformational services to tackle and prevent homelessness for our most with vulnerable citizens
• Has an awareness of Local Government policy and practice to include governance structures, decision making and procurement processes.
• Has experience of delivering complex cross authority, multi-agency programmes and pilots on time and on target
• Has a solid understanding of the issues connected with homelessness in the West Midlands and a good knowledge of current service provision
• Is committed to delivering improved outcomes for citizens and has a track record of success

Contract:

The contract is due to commence in mid-July 2018 and run until the end of March 2019

Applicants are asked to provide a pricing breakdown for the mobilisation support

BCC will be using its e-tendering system (In-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and providers must register with the system to be able to express an interest.
The web address is; https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc

Registration and use of In-tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the In-tend correspondence function. If you are unable to register with In-tend please call us on 0121 464 8000 or email us at cps@birmingham.gov.uk.

Quotations are to be submitted to no later than Noon on 5th Ju...

More information

Links

Additional text

If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Council's tender Portal.

Delivery Notes

Birmingham

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Pip Mayo

Address

10 Woodcock Street
Birmingham
West Midlands
B4 7WB
United Kingdom

Telephone

0121 675 2761

Email

pip.mayo@birmingham.gov.uk