Published date: 29 January 2021

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


Closing: 13 July 2020, 4pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Housing services - 70333000

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£1,000,000

Procurement reference

EALING001-DN476537-07443928

Published date

29 January 2021

Closing date

13 July 2020

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

1 October 2020

Contract end date

30 September 2023

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

Ealing Council has awarded a contract for Rough Sleeping Outreach Service to St Mungo Community Housing. We are a borough with a significantly high incidence of rough sleeping, currently the 6th highest total in London. We required a provider who can work with rough sleepers found bedded down in public places, on private land and in places like garages, stairwells, and vehicles. We required a provider who can rise to the challenge of helping a diverse rough sleeping population, of which up to two-thirds have no eligibility for public funds and amongst which many individuals have health and substance misuse issues. We do, however, benefit from the existence of key partners who work together, including through a well-established borough Homelessness Forum.
We need a provider which can operate an assertive outreach model, with a view to signalling clearly that rough sleeping is not acceptable and that engagement with sources of help is expected. The provider will also work with enforcement agencies, where the outreach offer is not effective and rough sleeping, with all its risks, persists. The contractor will be the main point of contact for rough sleepers in Ealing and will work with and forge strong working relationships with key local partners, in the statutory and voluntary sector. The provider will have primary responsibility for dealing with new rough sleeping reported via Streetlink but will work alongside initiatives like the GLA's Rapid Response Team, while these continue.
Success will be measured by the sustained reduction of rough sleeping, in line with government targets and our local Rough Sleeping Strategy. The provider is responsible for early intervention, a No Second Night Out approach, follow-up case work, minimising entrenched rough sleeping and achieving sustained accommodation outcomes and support for individuals. The provider will also have first refusal on hosting additional posts which might be created through government funding to assist in meeting the challenging target of eliminating rough sleeping by 2024.
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Award information

Awarded date

28 September 2020

Contract start date

1 October 2020

Contract end date

30 September 2023

Total value of contract

£1,000,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

St Mungo Community Housing

Address

5th Floor, 3 Thomas More Square
Tower Hill
London E1W 1YW

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Christine Baker

Address

London Borough of Ealing, Perceval House
14-16 Uxbridge Road
Ealing
W5 2HL
England

Telephone

+44 2088255122

Email

bakerc@ealing.gov.uk

Website

http://www.ealing.gov.uk