Published date: 28 October 2024

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 16 August 2024, 11:59pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

  • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£56,969

Procurement reference

HACK001-DN749554-79175324

Published date

28 October 2024

Closing date

16 August 2024

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

1 September 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The numbers of people sleeping out on the streets across England hit record levels in 2018, amongst those who sleep out there is a high prevalence rate of problematic and dependent drug and alcohol use. Due to 8 years of central Government underfunding, community drug and alcohol treatment services have been unable to offer the type of enhanced treatment options which achieve better, sustained recovery outcomes for people experiencing homelessness with substance use disorders.

Following the success of Everyone In during the first year of the pandemic in 2020, the Office of Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), alongside the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUCH), launched a number of grant funded schemes targeting support for people rough sleeping. The Rough Sleeping Drug and Alcohol Grant is one of these grant funded programmes of work. Most recently this programme has been extended and will run up to the end of March 2025.

The City and Hackney were 2 of the authorities out of 60 in total awarded grant funding. The successful City and Hackney bid focuses on providing greater outreach through two dedicated rough sleeper community treatment teams, taking treatment to people sleeping rough. The second phase bid further includes a greater mosaic of clinical and service expertise most relevant to the needs of rough sleepers, such as more GP time, an alcohol specific nurse, a Speech and Language Therapist and Peer Health Advocates.

Overall, the project aims to engage more rough sleepers into all forms of treatment, from harm reduction, structured treatment, to detox and rehab. It requires local systems to provide an enhanced offer to rough sleepers which supports sustained longer term, improved health outcomes.

Award information

Awarded date

16 August 2024

Contract start date

1 September 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Total value of contract

£56,969

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Groundswell

Address

Kemp House, 152-162 City Road, EC1V2NX, London, Greater London, EC1V2NX, United Kingdom

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Maaz Hikmatulla

Address

Hackney Service Centre
1 Hillman Street
Hackney
E8 1DY
England

Telephone

+44 2083563000

Email

maaz.hikmatulla@hackney.gov.uk

Website

http://www.hackney.gov.uk