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title: "CP2242-22 - Homelessness Prevention, Young people's housing-related support for 16/17 year olds and care leavers (Flexible Purchasing System)"
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# CP2242-22 - Homelessness Prevention, Young people's housing-related support for 16/17 year olds and care leavers (Flexible Purchasing System)

Buyer: DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-50932151-9858-4d1f-91b8-19230edc6ed2

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## Summary

The Devon County Council has awarded the contract for the CP2242-22 - Homelessness Prevention tender to multiple suppliers for a total value of £6,500,000. The tender involves providing supported accommodation and services for young people at risk of homelessness in Devon. The contract period is set to start on 1st May 2023 and end on 30th April 2028. The tender allowed SMEs and VCSEs to participate, with a tender deadline of 21st October 2022. The main procurement category is services falling under health and social work services.

This contracting opportunity created by Devon County Council provides a chance for suppliers to deliver services supporting young people facing homelessness. Businesses involved in health, social work services, and community services would be well-suited to compete in this tender. The procurement method used was an open procedure, and the buying organization encouraged small and voluntary sector enterprises to participate. The tender process for this opportunity commenced on 20th September 2022, aiming to establish a Flexible Purchasing System for critical social support services in the South West region of the United Kingdom.

## Notice

Devon County Council Children's Services commissions services to support young people at risk of homelessness who are age 16/17, or who are care leavers to Devon County Council age 18-25. This includes supported accommodation and floating support to young people who require it to prevent them from becoming homeless. Devon County Council commissions the support element of the contract, and the housing costs are funded via housing benefit, or rent contributions from the young person if they are not eligible for housing benefit. This meets our responsibilities to young people as Children in Need or Care Leavers under: - The Children's Act 1989 - The Children Leaving Care Act 2000 - The Children and Social Work Act 2017 - The Statutory Guidance on the Provision of Accommodation for 16 and 17 Year Old Young People at Risk of Homelessness. It also helps housing partners to meet their commitments to these groups under: - The Homelessness (Priority Need of Accommodation) Devon County Council Children's Services commissions services to support young people at risk of homelessness who are age 16/17, or who are care leavers to Devon County Council age 18-25. This includes supported accommodation and floating support to young people who require it to prevent them from becoming homeless. Devon County Council commissions the support element of the contract, and the housing costs are funded via housing benefit, or rent contributions from the young person if they are not eligible for housing benefit. This meets our responsibilities to young people as Children in Need or Care Leavers under: - The Children's Act 1989 - The Children Leaving Care Act 2000 - The Children and Social Work Act 2017 - The Statutory Guidance on the Provision of Accommodation for 16 and 17 Year Old Young People at Risk of Homelessness. It also helps housing partners to meet their commitments to these groups under: - The Homelessness (Priority Need of Accommodation) order 2002 - The Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 There will be a tenderer event held via Microsoft Teams on 26th September at 10am in relation to this tender. The event will be focusing on the Tender Process and will explain the ITT and the other documents as well as useful information to enable Tenderers to be 'tender ready'. There will be an overview of the service requirement from commissioners of the service and there will be an opportunity to ask questions at the end of the event. Whilst every endeavour will be made to answer questions at this event, it may be necessary to respond at a later date. The presentations and questions and answers given will be made available via ProContract. To ensure that this event is of the most benefit, tendering organisations are encouraged to ensure that persons attending are the most appropriate i.e. persons who will be constructing and making decisions about any tender submitted. In order to book a place, please e-mail oliver.reed@devon.gov.uk for the meeting invite to be sent to you. Additional information: This is to set up a flexible purchasing system(FPS) for the provision of services detailed in Section 3.Description. There will be 1 Lot covering all services with subsequent mini competitions called off this FPS system by Devon County Council and it's partner authorities. Included in the initial tender process are three of these mini competitions for Block Contracts under the FPS which are detailed below. Bids are invited from any organisation which wishes to be part of the FPS even if they do not want to bid for any of the included 3 Blocks. All providers who are successful in joining the FPS will have the opportunity to take part in future mini competitions. Block Contract 1 Young People's Supported Accommodation - Core Block Contract. This sets out the requirements to deliver support hours to 16/17 year olds and Care Leavers in Devon who are in need of supported accommodation and/or housing-related support to prevent homelessness or becoming at risk of homelessness. This includes support hours for young people living in supported accommodation, as well as some floating support for young people who require support as part of moving on from supported accommodation, or while preparing to access supported accommodation. Block Contract 2 - Emergency Beds. This sets out the requirements to deliver emergency beds to 16/17 year olds and Care Leavers in Devon who are in need of safe and suitable temporary accommodation and support due to an accommodation breakdown. Block Contract 3 - Young Parents Accommodation. This sets out the requirements to deliver support hours to 16/17 year olds and Care Leavers in Devon who are pregnant, young parents and/or wishing to live together as a couple and are in need of supported accommodation and/or housing-related support to prevent homelessness or becoming at risk of homelessness. This includes support hours for young people living in supported accommodation, as well as some floating support for young people who require support as part of moving on from supported accommodation, or while preparing to access supported accommodation. Further details for how to apply for the FPS and/or apply for the mini competitions are contained in the Invitation To Tender documents.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e696981a-8c74-4a14-bb48-373c6dc9daaa |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 28 Feb 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 21 Oct 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 17 Feb 2023 |
| Contract period | 30 Apr 2023 - 30 Apr 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £6,500,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £6,500,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | EXETER |
| Post town | Exeter |
| Postcode | EX2 4QD |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK4 Devon |
| ITL 3 | TLK43 Devon CC |
| Local authority | Exeter |
| Electoral ward | Newtown and St Leonard's |
| Westminster constituency | Exeter |
| Delivery location | TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 9 |
| Supplier names | ADRIEL SUPPORTED LIVING CARE; BRIDGWATER YMCA; KEYCHANGE CHARITY; KEYS PCE; LIVEWEST HOMES; STONEWATER; THE AMBER FOUNDATION; WESTWARD HOUSING GROUP; YOUNG DEVON |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services
- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

## Release History

- 28 Feb 2023 at 13:29 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e696981a-8c74-4a14-bb48-373c6dc9daaa
- 20 Sep 2022 at 12:36 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fa3016f3-bb97-493e-ad29-4402342364bf

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e696981a-8c74-4a14-bb48-373c6dc9daaa
  28th February 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fa3016f3-bb97-493e-ad29-4402342364bf
  20th September 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- http://www.devon.gov.uk

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