16+ Group Living and Supported Tenancies Accommodation

**update - we have experienced a delay in publishing the tender documents due to a portal error. We are hoping to publish tender documents on or around 20th September 2018**

The White Rose 16+ Framework, managed by Leeds City Council, will expire in December 2018.

This briefing is to advise of our intentions to secure access to suitable accommodation from December 2018.

Group Living
The Trust currently commissions 30-40 placements in group living accommodation in and around the Doncaster area (some placements are out of area). This number largely remains the same each year.

The Trust has recently opened a six bed home in Cantley and has plans to develop a further twelve beds over the coming year. Additionally we intend to work in partnership with SAHA and the council to make additional use of the Foyer.

The Trust has also begun to implement the House Project working in partnership with St Ledger Homes. Further details about the House Project can be found here: https://innovationcsc.co.uk/projects/the-house-project/

As a consequence of these plans the Trust expects to make less use of purchased provision in the future. The below is an illustration of our potential requirements over the next two years:

Current 30-40
12 Months 15-20
24 Months 5-10

Although we expect to have less need for purchased group living accommodation, we do want to further develop our partnerships with local providers. As such we intend to commission a four year framework – also accessible to other Local Authorities, and host regular market events to share best practice. Depending on demand and consistency, we may look to block book places from the framework following the first 12 months.


Supported Tenancy’s
The Trust expects that for the next 12 months the demand for supported tenancies will not greatly vary from the current requirement. After this the level of demand is likely to fall as we develop and utilise more of our own provision.


Timeline
Please see below our draft timeline for the Commissioning exercise, please note these dates are not static and there may be adjustments over the course of the year.

Event Date
Tender published 20th Sep 2018
Tender open period 20th Sep 2018 - 26th October 2018
Tender returned 26th October 2018
Tender evaluation 26th October 2018 – 16th Nov 2018
Tenderer's notified of outcome 19th November 2018
Contract award 15th December 2018
Contract start date 19th December 2018

Should you wish to discuss any of this then please do not hesitate to get in touch with the team below;

Adrian Hobson
Contracts and Placements Manager
adrian.hobson@dcstrust.co.uk
01302 735307

Laura Simms
Commissioning and Contracts Officer
Laura.simms@dcstrust.co.uk
01302 735573

Anna White
Commissioning and Contracts Officer
Anna.white@dcstrust.co.uk
01302 736493