Contract details

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

Tender for the Provision of Services for People at Risk of Social Exclusion

Tameside MBC is looking to contract with Providers to develop and operate flexible and innovative services that meet the needs people at risk of social exclusion in Tameside. Currently a range of Supporting People accommodation based support services for people at risk of social exclusion are provided by seven providers and based within a variety of buildings. The current service model has served Tameside well, however, consultation indicates that a comprehensive review of the current service delivery model could effect extensive improvements in outcomes for Service Users and address challenges that the current system faces. The new model of service delivery incorporates an aggregated service structure, the separate provision of structured daytime activities, a single access point, personalisation approaches and the potential for different ways of working. Further information on the new model of service delivery can be found in a Key Decision report that can be downloaded on the Tameside website – http://www.tameside.gov.uk/housing/supportingpeople/policies This tender is for services for people at risk of social exclusion who need support to develop their capacity to achieve or maintain independent living and are able and willing to access support, are committed to recovery or working towards it. This includes single homeless people, young people, teenage parents, people with substance misuse issues and offenders. The tender does not include accommodation based statutory homeless services, services for women fleeing domestic violence, the single access point or services for people whose primary needs are FACS eligible. The Commissioners are committed to the development of recovery-orientated services that can be used by people as tools to support their recovery and to the delivery of person centred services which enable people to have more independence, choice and control. The successful providers will need to understand local services and communities, be accessible, flexible and have an understanding of diverse needs. The service will offer volunteering opportunities with the development of volunteer and peer resources to complement the service delivery. The tender is split into three lots - Lot 1) Short term accommodation based support service for predominantly younger clients (under 30). The service will not be defined by specific client or needs groups or characteristics. The service will provide both housing management and support and will have access to a range of properties including self contained and shared. A maximum contract price of £370,000 per annum is budgeted to deliver this service and the provider will be expected to enter into management agreements with landlords which will include a range of housing management responsibilities for which additional income will be received. Lot 2) Short term accommodation based support service for those with longer term and more enduring, complex and entrenched support needs. These will generally be older clients aged over 30 years. The service will not be defined by specific client or needs groups or characteristics. The service will provide both housing management and support and will have access to a range of properties including self contained and shared. A maximum contract price of £420,000 per annum is budgeted to deliver this service and the provider will be expected to enter into a management agreements with landlords which will include a range of housing management responsibilities for which additional income will be received Lot 3) Structured day time activities and personalisation service to ensure that all service users have access to a range of purposeful activities directed at improving their prospects of achieving successful move on. . A maximum contract price of £200,000 per annum is budgeted to deliver this service and the provider will also be responsible for managing an additional budget of £60,000 per annum to be used to facilitate personalised approaches The Council will shortlist 6 organisations to invite to tender for each of the three lots. Organisations may be invited to tender for one, two or three lots however; the Council is concerned to ensure that there is a diversity of supply within the marketplace in order to manage risks and business continuity and to promote diverse and innovative services. In order to ensure this organisations may only be involved in one PQQ submission as either principle bidder, part of a consortium or proposed subcontractor. Lots 1 and 2 will be awarded to separate organisations. Should one organisation submit the most economically advantageous tender for both lots they will be offered the lot that they indicated as their preference as part of their submission. The contracts are planned to run for a period of 3 years commencing on 1 April 2013 subject to continued available funding and satisfactory service delivery (with the option to extend for a period of up to 4 years). The award of the contract will be in keeping with a Best Value approach which will jointly evaluate quality factors and price. The purchasers would welcome bids from smaller and voluntary sector providers or those wishing to bid as a consortium. If you are interested in tendering for the above contract but are unsure about the electronic tendering process, please contact in writing: Kim Greeves, Joint Commissioning and Performance Management Team, Rydal House, Rydal Avenue, Hyde. SK14 4QB or email kim.greeves@tameside.gov.uk A briefing session will be held for providers on the morning of 17/04/2012 in Dukinfield. Please email kim.greeves@tameside.gov.uk for further information and to reserve a place.

DN70943 (CONTRACT-NWCE-8SVKGE)

£6,930,000.00

£0.00

£0.00

N/A

supoprting people, exclusion, accommodation based services, homelessness

01/04/2013

31/03/2016

02/10/2012

Not set

Not provided

Not provided

36 months

24 months

60 months

2 with 0 taken

N/A

No

Not provided