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Award of Housing Support for Care Experienced Young People

EAST LOTHIAN COUNCIL

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Summary of the contracting process

The East Lothian Council has recently completed a procurement process for the "Award of Housing Support for Care Experienced Young People" in East Lothian, Scotland. This initiative, classified under general public services, aimed to provide a housing support service for care-experienced youth over a three-year pilot phase. The open procurement process had bids submitted by potential suppliers until May 13, 2019, with a total contract value of £179,989 awarded to The Rock Trust on June 7, 2019. This project is strategically crucial as it addresses the needs of vulnerable young individuals by facilitating their integration into supported living environments.

This tender opens valuable opportunities for businesses specialising in social services, housing support, and community welfare. Organisations that have experience working with care-experienced youth or possess innovative outreach strategies would be well-suited to compete. Additionally, companies with a strong foundation in social support services, particularly those offering training, mentoring, and emotional support services, may find the potential to expand their offerings through collaboration or subcontracting with larger entities involved in this contract.

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Notice Title

Award of Housing Support for Care Experienced Young People

Notice Description

Award of housing support services to care experienced young people in accommodation provided by East Lothian Council. The service provider will also work with partner organisations to recruit and support 'peer flatmates' to live with the care experienced young people. This is a three year pilot project.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Procurement of a service provider to provide an outreach based housing support service for up to 20 care experienced young people over a three year period. This will include practical support such as budgeting, tenancy maintenance, planning meals and shopping. It will also include emotional support such as mediation, managing relationships and signposting to mentoring or counselling services. The service will be flexible and responsive to the individual's needs, as well as taking a trauma-informed, person centered approach. The service will also recruit, manage and support up to 10 Peer Flatmates at any one time, who will live alongside two care experienced young people. This will include a 24/7 phone service, regular training and overall responsibility for the management and supervision of Peer Flatmates.. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 8 and 9 of the Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016.

Renewal: This will be dependent on future funding

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000580012
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL359146
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

70 - Real estate services

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

70333000 - Housing services

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
£190,000 £100K-£500K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£179,989 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
2 Jul 20196 years ago
Submission Deadline
13 May 2019Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
7 Jun 20196 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
EAST LOTHIAN COUNCIL
Contact Name
Eleanor Hayman
Contact Email
procurement@eastlothian.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1620827827

Buyer Location

Locality
HADDINGTON, EAST LOTHIAN
Postcode
EH41 3HA
Post Town
Edinburgh
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM1 East Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM11 East Lothian and Midlothian
Delivery Location
TLM73 East Lothian and Midlothian

Local Authority
East Lothian
Electoral Ward
Haddington and Lammermuir
Westminster Constituency
Lothian East

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

THE ROCK TRUST

Further Information

Notice Documents

  • https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR351133
    Housing Support for Care Experienced Young People - East Lothian Council requires a provider to deliver housing support services (not including tenancy management) to care experienced young people in accommodation provided by East Lothian Council. The service provider will also work with partner organisations to recruit and support 'peer flatmates' to live with the care experienced young people. This is a three year pilot project.
  • https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL359146
    Award of Housing Support for Care Experienced Young People - Award of housing support services to care experienced young people in accommodation provided by East Lothian Council. The service provider will also work with partner organisations to recruit and support 'peer flatmates' to live with the care experienced young people. This is a three year pilot project.

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