Notice Information
Notice Title
Temporary Accommodation at Avon Way House, Colchester
Notice Description
Colchester City Council (the 'Council') has a need to provide flexible accommodation to meet the needs of homeless households which include families with children and single people with complex needs, in a location and with facilities that are suitable. There is an extraordinarily high demand for affordable accommodation. As a consequence, there are no reasonable alternative or substitute suppliers in the borough of Colchester which can meet the City Council's technical requirements for those in temporary accommodation need in the necessary timeframe.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Colchester City Council has a requirement to provide flexible accommodation to meet the needs of homeless households which include families with children and single people with complex needs, in a location and with facilities that are suitable. Colchester City Council has entered into a licence with Beyond the Box Student Limited (the 'Supplier') for the provision of temporary accommodation to fulfil this requirement. There is an extraordinarily high demand for temporary accommodation where many individuals were facing health and well-being difficulties whilst placed in B&B accommodation. Suitable temporary accommodation for homeless individuals in the borough of Colchester is recognised as a priority by the City Council and its partner organisations in addressing homelessness need. The City Council has engaged with partner public sector organisations including Essex County Council, Essex Police, Anglia Ruskin University and Colchester Hospital and the wider market for proposals to meet suitability requirements at a scale which would be able to deliver temporary accommodation units in an urgent timeframe to address the temporary accommodation for homeless individual need. In considering suitability of accommodation available, the City Council has had regard to the Homelessness Code of Guidance for Local Authorities (the 'Code') in the exercise of its functions, in particular the suitability of the accommodation in accordance with Chapter 17 of the Code and taking into account availability of bathroom and kitchen facilities as well as the social considerations relating to the individual and their household. Following the market engagement by the City Council, the Supplier was the only provider identified which was able to offer flexible temporary accommodation of up to 225 units with suitable facilities for homeless individuals in the required urgent timeframe and to a specification in accordance with the Code in a location that could be readily managed and supported by the City Council. There are no reasonable alternative suppliers in the borough of Colchester which can meet the City Council's technical requirements for those in temporary accommodation need in the necessary timeframe. The absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement. Accordingly, after due consideration, Colchester City Council has decided to make a direct award pursuant to Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 to the Supplier on the grounds that competition is absent for technical reasons.
Options: Colchester City Council may exercise an option to enter into a further licence on the same terms as the original licence for additional accommodation blocks to be made available for occupation for a maximum term of 5 years.
Procurement Information
There is an extraordinarily high demand for temporary accommodation where many individuals were facing health and well-being difficulties whilst placed in B&B accommodation. Suitable temporary accommodation for homeless individuals in the borough of Colchester is recognised as a priority by the City Council and its partner organisations in addressing homelessness need. The City Council has engaged with partner public sector organisations including Essex County Council, Essex Police, Anglia Ruskin University and Colchester Hospital and the wider market for proposals to meet suitability requirements at a scale which would be able to deliver temporary accommodation units in an urgent timeframe to address the temporary accommodation for homeless individual need. In considering suitability of accommodation available, the City Council has had regard to the Homelessness Code of Guidance for Local Authorities (the 'Code') in the exercise of its functions, in particular the suitability of the accommodation in accordance with Chapter 17 of the Code and taking into account availability of bathroom and kitchen facilities as well as the social considerations relating to the individual and their household. Following the market engagement by the City Council, the Supplier was the only provider identified which was able to offer flexible temporary accommodation of up to 225 units with suitable facilities for homeless individuals in the required urgent timeframe and to a specification in accordance with the Code in a location that could be readily managed and supported by the City Council. There are no reasonable alternative suppliers in the borough of Colchester which can meet the City Council's technical requirements for those in temporary accommodation need in the necessary timeframe. The absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement. Accordingly, after due consideration, Colchester City Council has decided to make a direct award pursuant to Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 to the Supplier on the grounds that competition is absent for technical reasons.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04bd3a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037500-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
85 - Health and social work services
98 - Other community, social and personal services
-
- CPV Codes
55250000 - Letting services of short-stay furnished accommodation
85312000 - Social work services without accommodation
98341000 - Accommodation services
98341100 - Accommodation management services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £15,907,244 £10M-£100M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 20 Nov 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 17 Oct 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- COLCHESTER CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Matt Howe
- Contact Email
- matthew.howe@colchester.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 7976794358
Buyer Location
- Locality
- COLCHESTER
- Postcode
- CO3 3WG
- Post Town
- Colchester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH3 Essex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH34 Essex Haven Gateway
- Delivery Location
- TLH3 Essex
-
- Local Authority
- Colchester
- Electoral Ward
- Castle
- Westminster Constituency
- Colchester
Further Information
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