Tender

SOFT MARKET TEST: Localised Housing Options & Advice Services

SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL

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Tender

13 May 2024 at 11:38

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Sheffield City Council is conducting a tender for a "SOFT MARKET TEST: Localised Housing Options & Advice Services." This procurement opportunity falls under the legal services and housing services categories. The tender aims to explore options for delivering early legal advice and housing options services to prevent homelessness, specifically targeted in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of the United Kingdom. The tender stage includes a supplier engagement session on Monday 3rd June 2024, with a deadline for registration by Thursday 30th May 2024. The contract period is scheduled to run from 8th June to 9th June 2024.

This tender by Sheffield City Council presents an opportunity for businesses, particularly SMEs and VCSEs, to provide early legal housing advice and options services. Businesses in the services sector with expertise in legal, financial, and debt matters related to housing would be well-suited to compete. The Council's objective is to proactively prevent homelessness by offering early guidance to households, aligning with their Homelessness Prevention & Rough Sleeping Strategy 2023-2028. This procurement is not applicable to any specific procurement method details but is tailored towards immediate intervention to prevent homelessness and reduce the need for temporary accommodation.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

SOFT MARKET TEST: Localised Housing Options & Advice Services

Notice Description

The Council is exploring options for the delivery of a localised, community-based early legal advice and housing options service for all housing matters, targeted in the 3 Housing Market Areas of the City, where we receive the largest volume of homelessness presentations. The Council currently commission some services that provide homeless prevention support in local communities. However, the provision of this type of housing advice and guidance is limited, alongside services experiencing increased capacity. We want to ensure independent; early legal advice and options is offered much earlier than the 56-day legal Prevention Duty, with early guidance provided when a housing matter is identified. The aim of this is to proactively prevent situations where homelessness may occur and the subsequent trauma and stress this can place on households. In addition, the Council needs to reduce the need of households being placed in temporary or emergency accommodation, which is unsustainable for the both the Council and customers. The objective of this soft market testing is to eliminate the use of emergency provision by providing early legal housing advice and options, to prevent homelessness from occurring and cases progressing. This provision will provide a time limited service, offering early advice and guidance around legal, financial, and debt matters that could lead to unstable housing and homelessness. This directly supports the Council's Homelessness Prevention & Rough Sleeping Strategy 2023-2028, which outlines our position on Bed and Breakfast and Temporary Accommodation and the action we are seeking to take with respect to this issue. The Council will be holding an online supplier engagement session to support this exercise between 10:45am-11:45am on Monday 3rd June 2024. Suppliers who wish to attend should register their interest directly with the Council via email to adam.elwis@sheffield.gov.uk no later than 5pm on Thursday 30th May 2024.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-b428d03b-9b24-4848-bbd2-96fad91217b1
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c3dd09a9-f11b-479e-855c-53b060fa95e9
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not applicable
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

70 - Real estate services

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

70333000 - Housing services

79100000 - Legal services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
13 May 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
7 Jun 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
7 Jun 2024 - 9 Jun 2024 30 days
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
SHEFFIELD
Postcode
S1 2HH
Post Town
Sheffield
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE3 South Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE32 Sheffield
Delivery Location
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Local Authority
Sheffield
Electoral Ward
City
Westminster Constituency
Sheffield Central

Further Information

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