Published date: 14 August 2023

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Opportunity (published 14 August 2023)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Social work services with accommodation - 85311000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£7,487,495

Procurement reference

TOWER001-DN684610-77326595

Published date

14 August 2023

Closing date

18 September 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2029

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

This service is for the Young People's Supported Living/Housing Pathway that has been developed to meet the support needs of young people leaving care and vulnerable young people facing homelessness. The accommodation pathway is designed to provide move-on from care or home setting into a Pathway offering assessment, mediation, guidance, training and support
leading to independent living.

The step-down accommodation units comprise of shared houses and self-contained flats where support workers are allocated to
each young person throughout their stay. Services within the wider pathway include Assessments and Mediation and Supported Living Schemes for young people (aged 16 - 25) who meet the service threshold.

The young people who will access the services within this specification include children in our care, care leavers, unaccompanied asylum-seeking children/ young people (UASC), young people at risk of homelessness, young homeless rough
sleepers (including sofa surfers), teenage parents, and young people coming out of secure accommodation.

About the buyer

Contact name

Philip Gardener

Address

160
Whitechapel Road
London
E1 1BJ
Northern Ireland

Telephone

+44 2073645000

Email

philip.gardener@towerhamlets.gov.uk

Website

http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk