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title: "Floating Support Services for People with Mental Health and Dual Diagnosis (Substance Misuse) Needs in Leicestershire"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02fa88"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL"
published: "2022-08-17"
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# Floating Support Services for People with Mental Health and Dual Diagnosis (Substance Misuse) Needs in Leicestershire

Buyer: LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02fa88

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## Summary

The Leicestershire County Council has completed an open tender for Floating Support Services for People with Mental Health and Dual Diagnosis (Substance Misuse) Needs. The procurement aimed to provide a tiered system of supported living and floating support provision to help adults with mental health needs maintain independence. The service includes various levels of accommodation and support to prevent residential care placements by 2025. Nottingham Community Housing Association is the active supplier for this contract, which was signed on April 1st, 2022.

This procurement process presents an opportunity for businesses in the health and social work services sector to engage with Leicestershire County Council. The planned tender for the Floating Support Services will be an open procedure, allowing SMEs and interested parties to bid for the opportunity. The engagement event on December 17, 2021, provided insight into the forthcoming service model. Interested businesses can register on the e-procurement portal for updates and prepare for the anticipated tender release in January 2022, with the contract expected to commence in June 2022.

## Notice

Leicestershire County Council is committed to the strategic vision that no working-age adult with mental health as their primary need should be placed in permanent residential care placements by 2025 and there is a requirement for a tiered system of supported living and floating support provision. This service will assist people to maintain their own tenancies and to be able to access the correct level of support depending on their fluctuating mental health. This will provide a flexible, "step-up/step-down" model of support that will enable people to live their lives as independently as possible whilst providing support when it is required to prevent the need for residential care or readmission into hospital for this cohort. The required tiered level of support to provide an effective, strengths-based accommodation pathway for working-age adults with mental health as their primary diagnosis can be summarised into the following categories: * Own tenancies in the social or private rented sector with general needs housing support * Own tenancies in the social or private rented sector with floating mental health and/or substance misuse support * Building based supported living with recovery and move on * Supported Living provision for those not yet engaged in rehabilitation requiring support to enable move on into rehabilitation and recovery * Residential care or intensive supported living for urgent discharge from hospital and forensic cases with Ministry of Justice or MAPPA condition

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Leicestershire County Council is committed to the strategic vision that no working-age adult with mental health as their primary need should be placed in permanent residential care placements by 2025 and there is a requirement for a tiered system of supported living and floating support provision. This service will assist people to maintain their own tenancies and to be able to access the correct level of support depending on their fluctuating mental health. This will provide a flexible, "step-up/step-down" model of support that will enable people to live their lives as independently as possible whilst providing support when it is required to prevent the need for residential care or readmission into hospital for this cohort. The required tiered level of support to provide an effective, strengths-based accommodation pathway for working-age adults with mental health as their primary diagnosis can be summarised into the following categories: * Own tenancies in the social or private rented sector with general needs housing support * Own tenancies in the social or private rented sector with floating mental health and/or substance misuse support * Building based supported living with recovery and move on * Supported Living provision for those not yet engaged in rehabilitation requiring support to enable move on into rehabilitation and recovery * Residential care or intensive supported living for urgent discharge from hospital and forensic cases with Ministry of Justice or MAPPA condition

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022834-2022 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Planning, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Aug 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 5 Jan 2022 |
| Award date | 31 Mar 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | LEICESTER |
| Post town | Leicester |
| Postcode | LE3 8RA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland |
| Local authority | Blaby |
| Electoral ward | Glenfield Faire |
| Westminster constituency | Mid Leicestershire |
| Delivery location | TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | NOTTINGHAM COMMUNITY HOUSING ASSOCIATION |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 17 Aug 2022 at 14:22 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022834-2022
- 26 Nov 2021 at 14:47 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029465-2021

## Notice URLs

- https://www.eastmidstenders.org/index.html

## Provenance

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