Published date: 18 September 2023
Open opportunity - This means that the contract is currently active, and the buying department is looking for potential suppliers to fulfil the contract.
Contract summary
Industry
Health and social work services - 85000000
Social work and related services - 85300000
Social work services - 85310000
Social work services with accommodation - 85311000
Social services - 85320000
Location of contract
S60 1AE
Value of contract
£0 to £278,899,520
Procurement reference
20230918103317-104118
Published date
18 September 2023
Closing date
16 November 2028
Closing time
11:59pm
Contract start date
17 November 2028
Contract end date
18 November 2028
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Other
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
The Council is seeking applications from providers who may wish to join the Supported Living: Flexible Purchasing System (FPS). The intention is to appoint a range of providers with the capability and capacity to deliver Care and Support in a supported living setting.
Once the FPS is established, contracts will be awarded either by running mini competitions or via direct awards.
The main principles of supported living are that people with learning disabilities own or rent their home and have control over the support they get, who they live with (if anyone) and how they live their lives. Supported living assumes that all people with learning disabilities, regardless of the level or type of disability, can make choices about how to live their lives.
Rotherham's population for people with a learning disability and autistic people is changing both in complexity and with an ageing population. Often people remain in provisions with limited move-on opportunities to their own tenancy.
There is a lack of specialist autism provision too. In drafting Rotherham's Autism Strategy, autistic people indicated that they needed housing which could accommodate sensory needs with acoustic/noise reduction. As one autistic person said: Home needs to be the place "where we can relax, unwind, and work off that stress".
Supported living is a service designed to help people with a wide range of support needs retain their independence by being supported in their own home. People in supported living have their own tenancy and are responsible for their own bills and cost of living. To afford these, the person may be entitled to a wide range of benefits and grants. In single-person-supported living, they will also have their own front door. In Supported Living, the support provided is not dependent on the provision of housing (and vice versa) so if the support provider changes, this doesn't affect the tenancy. The person has the security of tenure in line with their tenancy agreement.
The Council has a need to work with high quality supported living provision across the borough and establish a model which will enable the following: -
• A flexible approach to engage with multiple suppliers in the market
• Cost Savings through increased competition
• Opportunity to stimulate development in the Supported Living Market
• Potential to increase access for Rotherham's small-medium enterprises
• Support the delivery of Rotherham Council's social value ambition
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How to apply
Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.
About the buyer
Contact name
Yvonne Dutton
Address
Riverside House
Main Street
Rotherham
S60 1AE
ENG
Telephone
+441709334165
yvonne.dutton@rotherham.gov.uk
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