Published date: 16 August 2022

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: 2 September 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Provision of services to the community - 75200000

  • Social work and related services - 85300000

  • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£32,000

Procurement reference

tender_314375/1098138

Published date

16 August 2022

Closing date

2 September 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

26 September 2022

Contract end date

6 February 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The RSI funding round has supported a bid to develop the co-production of services with
current and former Rough Sleepers, for those based in the City of London as well as those
now housed outside of the area.

The City's objective is to ensure that the voice of those with lived experience contribute to
the review of existing service provision and help shape our future commissioning strategies.
A particular focus will be women and a better understanding of the common causes of
women becoming homeless.

The funding will see an initial consultation phase in 2022/23, building on the work of the City
Voices research report on the impact of the Everyone In campaign during the Covid
pandemic.

This initial stage will provide the framework which will support the City's Rough Sleeping and
Pathways team to develop a 3- year Co-production plan, which will be incorporated into the
Rough Sleeping Strategy 2023-27.

The outcomes of the co-production plan, once approved, will be the basis of a two -year
commissioned service to bring to life the commitments agreed in the strategy.
The current expectation is that this is likely to be a peer advocacy team who will ensure
rough sleepers:

- can better navigate key services
- have their voices heard in professional and partner forums,
- can work with staff to develop new commissioned services with their needs at the
forefront of service delivery.

However, to ensure the approach adheres to the principles of co-production, ensuring
ownership and support by the homeless community, the final picture of the service may differ
from initial expectations.

Rather than being seen as a risk, this represents a genuine opportunity to innovate service
delivery in an agile and flexible way. Current research on collaborative approaches
suggests the approach improves the chances of successful service delivery, which lessens
the risk of service failure.

The final commissioned service will be working closely with current City homelessness
teams and services, supporting a systems approach to working with homelessness.

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About the buyer

Address

Guildhall, PO Box 270
London
EC2P 2EJ
England

Email

commissioning@cityoflondon.gov.uk