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title: "Citrus Hotel - Increasing Emergency Accommodation for Single People"
ocid: "ocds-kuma6s-132060"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "CARDIFF COUNCIL"
published: "2024-02-28"
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# Citrus Hotel - Increasing Emergency Accommodation for Single People

Buyer: CARDIFF COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-kuma6s-132060

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## Summary

The Cardiff Council has awarded a contract for increasing emergency accommodation for single people to OYO Technology & Hospitality UK LTD. The procurement stage was completed under a limited procurement method with specific rationale based on extreme urgency. This service category contract had a total value of GBP 745,446.24 and was signed on 1st April 2023. The contract was initiated by Cardiff Council in response to statutory obligations under the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 and the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014, to provide accommodation, care, and support.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses to engage in providing essential services for emergency accommodation. Suppliers offering large-scale hospitality solutions would find this contract aligning well with their capabilities. The award procedure without prior publication allowed for the timely fulfilment of urgent needs, creating a specific niche for businesses capable of promptly responding to unforeseeable events. Businesses focusing on service-related categories within the housing and community amenities sector would be suitable contenders for similar future opportunities.

## Notice

The Council is entering into these arrangements in its role as a public body to fulfil its statutory obligations under the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 and the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014, which is to provided accommodation, care and support for priority need households, homeless households, and those with no settled residence. Where a person presents to the local authority as homeless or threatened with homelessness, it has a duty to supply interim accommodation whilst it considers a person's application and decides what duty it owes. Section 68 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 requires that interim accommodation must be provided if the local authority has reason to believe that an applicant may be homeless, eligible for help and have a priority need for accommodation (subsection (2)).

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Block booking of 41 rooms in the Oyo hotel. To ensure the Oyo remains best value, 54 local hotels have been contacted to enquire about a long-term booking arrangement, many never responded or declined to quote stating they are fully booked and would not be able to accommodate the request for 40 rooms for 6 months booking.

### Procurement Information

PCR 2015 Regulation 32(2(b)) Where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator, (ii) competition is absent for technical reasons Also Regulation 32 32(2(c)) - insofar as is strictly necessary where, for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority, the time limits for the open or restricted procedures or competitive procedures with negotiation cannot be complied with.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Sell2Wales |
| Latest notice | https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=132060 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F3 - Contract 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 | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 28 Feb 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Apr 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £745,446 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | CARDIFF COUNCIL |
| Locality | CARDIFF |
| Post town | Cardiff |
| Postcode | CF10 4UW |
| Country | Wales |
| ITL 1 | TLL Wales |
| ITL 2 | TLL5 South East Wales |
| ITL 3 | TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan |
| Local authority | Cardiff |
| Electoral ward | Butetown |
| Westminster constituency | Cardiff South and Penarth |
| Delivery location | TLL22 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | OYO TECHNOLOGY & HOSPITALITY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 28 Feb 2024 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=132060

## Documents

- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB468669
  Citrus Hotel - Increasing Emergency Accommodation for Single People - The Council is entering into these arrangements in its role as a public body to fulfil its statutory obligations under the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 and the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014, which is to provided accommodation, care and support for priority need households, homeless households, and those with no settled residence. Where a person presents to the local authority as homeless or threatened with homelessness, it has a duty to supply interim accommodation whilst it considers a person's application and decides what duty it owes. Section 68 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 requires that interim accommodation must be provided if the local authority has reason to believe that an applicant may be homeless, eligible for help and have a priority need for accommodation (subsection (2)).

## Notice URLs

- https://api.sell2wales.gov.wales/v1?lang=cy/Notice?id=ocds-kuma6s-132060
- https://www.cardiff.gov.uk

## Provenance

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