Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Stafford Borough Council
Civic Centre, Riverside
Stafford
ST16 3AQ
UK
Contact person: Laura Kendall
E-mail: laura.kendall@staffordshire.gov.uk
NUTS: UKG2
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.staffordbc.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login#
I.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login#
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
IA2865 High Level Supported Accommodation and Coproduction
Reference number: DN1394
II.1.2) Main CPV code
75200000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Stafford Borough Council submitted a bid to the Department of Levelling Up,
Housing and Communities (DLUHC) for Rough Sleeper Initiative 2022 - 2025
funding for two inter-related projects.
The first project is for six units of high-level supported accommodation that will
form part of the local rough sleeper pathway. This pathway will contribute to
ending rough sleeping in Stafford by 2025 and increase the housing options
available to individuals with multiple and complex needs who are rough sleeping,
or at risk of rough sleeping.
The overall aim of the project is to get individuals with a history of rough sleeping
or repeat homelessness into sustainable accommodation, with tailored support
that addresses underlying needs. The approach will provide strength-based
solutions and ongoing support so that no one has to spend a night on our streets
and instances of rough sleeping and repeat homelessness will be reduced.
The second project is a coproduction model that will engage the voices of those
with lived experience, involving the hardest to reach rough sleepers so their
views and experiences become an integral element in developing services for
people.
To end rough sleeping, we need to shift the balance of power, listen to the voices
of those with lived experience and adapt our services and strategies accordingly.
This will not take place overnight but requires long-term commitment to gain trust,
expertise and provide a platform for genuine change.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
70333000
85322000
85312300
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKG2
Main site or place of performance:
Staffordshire
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Stafford Borough Council submitted a bid to the Department of Levelling Up,
Housing and Communities (DLUHC) for Rough Sleeper Initiative 2022 - 2025
funding for two inter-related projects.
The first project is for six units of high-level supported accommodation that will
form part of the local rough sleeper pathway. This pathway will contribute to
ending rough sleeping in Stafford by 2025 and increase the housing options
available to individuals with multiple and complex needs who are rough sleeping,
or at risk of rough sleeping.
The overall aim of the project is to get individuals with a history of rough sleeping
or repeat homelessness into sustainable accommodation, with tailored support
that addresses underlying needs. The approach will provide strength-based
solutions and ongoing support so that no one has to spend a night on our streets
and instances of rough sleeping and repeat homelessness will be reduced.
The second project is a coproduction model that will engage the voices of those
with lived experience, involving the hardest to reach rough sleepers so their
views and experiences become an integral element in developing services for
people.
To end rough sleeping, we need to shift the balance of power, listen to the voices
of those with lived experience and adapt our services and strategies accordingly.
This will not take place overnight but requires long-term commitment to gain trust,
expertise and provide a platform for genuine change.
Stafford Borough has a core group of between 10 - 15 individuals who
experience repeat homelessness and rough sleeping. This group are very well
known to local services, often exhausting existing service provision within mental
health, offender management and substance misuse services, with inconsistent
levels of engagement and often poor service outcomes. Chaotic lifestyles and
unaddressed support needs have a direct impact on the person’s ability to
maintain secure housing, resulting in several failed housing placements and high
levels of repeat homelessness - leaving little or no local housing options.
Existing provision of supported accommodation within the Borough is limited in
number and provides only low to medium level support which does not meet the
needs of this cohort. Local partnerships have committed to providing cross-sector
support for rough sleepers to encourage opportunities for engagement, but
suitable accommodation is essential for this to work, recognising that not
everyone is ready for the responsibility of self-contained, housing first style
accommodation. This cohort require the additional support that high level
supported accommodation provides. If Stafford Borough are to end rough
sleeping, flexible accommodation and support services that are tailored to the
individual needs of the person and seek to address underlying causes of
homelessness are essential.
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
672 947.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/12/2022
End:
31/03/2025
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
05/09/2022
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
This is an electronic tender. All submission must be made via the formal Contracting
Authority electronic tendering platform.
All requests for information to be sent through the electronic tendering portal and message
facility on the Proactis electronic tendering system.
How to register - follow the link to Proactis electronic tendering:
— https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login
If you require urgent assistance regarding the initial usage of the e-Tendering package please
contact the Contracting Authority point-of-contact in Section I.1 of this notice. On failure to
reach this contact, please immediately email the nature of the difficulty to
commercial.team@staffordshire.gov.uk
This procurement is for a Contract between the appointed provider and the Contracting
Authority, to supply predominately services on an ad-hoc call-off basis, as
and when required.
The Contracting Authority or its public sector partners/Customers makes no guarantee as to
the volume of business on offer or to be awarded, and any volumes given are indicative only and intended as a general guide. There is no commitment at the time of tendering from any
parties outside of the Contracting Authority and this should be taken into consideration
when bidding.
Financing / Payment:
— payments may be made following acceptance by the banking agents of Stafford Borough Council
Legal form of groups of providers:
— no special legal form is required by the grouping of providers but each provider will be
required to be come jointly or severally responsible for the contract before acceptance.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Stafford Borough Council
Stafford
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
12/08/2022