Published date: 4 May 2017

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


Closing: 18 January 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£1

Procurement reference

16 040/2

Published date

4 May 2017

Closing date

18 January 2017

Contract start date

1 March 2017

Contract end date

28 February 2022

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?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

***This contract has been awarded***The Cheshire Homechoice Partnership (CHC) is procuring a contract for the supply and implementation of an Application, Allocations and Choice Based Lettings (CBL) Solution to enable effective management of the housing register and improve efficiency within the Partner's allocations and new tenancies teams. The objective of the project is to improve the partner's overall performance on void turnaround and the local authority's assessment of applications through process efficiency improvements.

Cheshire Homechoice is a Choice Based Lettings partnership of:
• Cheshire East Council
• Peaks & Plains Housing Trust
• Plus Dane Housing
• Wulvern Housing
In addition to a growing number of sub-partner registered providers.

Submissions must be received via The Chest

https://www.The-Chest.org.uk

Please note you are required to register, express an interest, download the Request For Quotation (RFQ) documentation and upload the completed RFQ documentation by below deadline.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

16 040 Choice based Lettings system

  • Opportunity
  • Published 9 December 2016

Additional text

The required solution will need to:
• Improve efficiency through reduction or removal of manual, repetitive administrative tasks such as verification and shortlisting
• Replace the pre-tenancy interview with a self-serve online form sent to applicant when an offer is made
• Improve the quality and functionality of the customer experience and CBL advert
• Provide a system with greater flexibility for implementing policy and procedure changes
• Offer customers an applications and allocations system that is fair open and easy to use, with minimum intervention from staff
• To deliver housing options advice
• To provide a caseload management system for homelessness and homelessness preventions cases
• To attract new customers to areas of low demand and to reduce void times for harder to let properties

Award information

Awarded date

1 March 2017

Contract start date

13 March 2017

Contract end date

28 February 2022

Total value of contract

£114,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Locata Housing Services Ltd

Address

2nd Floor Jubilee House.7-10 The Oaks, Ruislip, Middlesex. HA4 7LF

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Michael Ashworth

Address

Cheshire East Council, Westfields
Middlewich Rd
Sandbach
CW11 1HZ
England

Telephone

01270 686953

Email

michael.ashworth@cheshireeast.gov.uk