Issue - items at meetings - Re- Procurement of Floating Support Service

Report of Executive Director, Neighbourhoods, Communities & Housing

1. That the Committee grants delegated authority to the Executive Director of Health & Adult Social Care (HASC) to take all necessary steps to:

(i) procure and award a contract for Five (5) years for the provision of a floating support service to the maximum value of £390,000.00 per annum,

(ii) to approve an extension to the contract referred to in 2.1(i) for a period or periods of up to two years in total if it is deemed appropriate by the Housing Committee and subject to available budget.

(iii) to report back to Housing Committee annually the progress and outcomes of this service.

2. The Committee is requested to note that this report was considered by the Procurement Advisory Board on 14th October 2019. The Board recommended that some additional information be included in the paper, this has been done and the paper is taken to Housing Committee for a decision.

34.1       The Committee considered the report presented by Jenny Knight.

34.2      The report was presented in order to request that the authority tender a support service for homeless people transitioning into independent accommodation from supported accommodation and for people who require support to maintain an independent tenancy.

34.3      The council currently contracts with Southdown for the provision of the following services:

· Southdown Generic Floating Support Service;

· Southdown Floating Support Service for those with Mental Health Needs;

· Young Peoples’ Floating Support for those in Independent Accommodation;

The contract for these services expires on 30 September 2020.

34.4          Councillor Peter Atkinson was informed that in transition the Southdown Floating Support service is open to occupiers of independent accommodation and that Social Services talked to Housing to ensure both teams were not working on the same case at the same time.

34.5          Councillor David Gibson welcomed the outcome information in the report and proposed that the report came back to the Housing Committee annually to ensure a flow of information. Councillor Nichole Brennan seconded the motion to change recommendation 1 (ii) to read: to approve an extension to the contract referred to in 2.1(i) for a period or periods of up to two years in total if it is deemed appropriate by the Housing Committee and subject to available budget.

34.6          Councillor Siriol Hugh-Jones proposed, and Councillor Theresa Fowler seconded the motion to alter recommendation 1 (iii) to read: to report back to Housing Committee annually the progress and outcomes of this service.

34.7          The additional wording was approved by all Members of the committee.

34.8          Resolved:

1. That the Committee grants delegated authority to the Executive Director of Health & Adult Social Care (HASC) to take all necessary steps to:

(i) procure and award a contract for Five (5) years for the provision of a floating support service to the maximum value of £390,000.00 per annum,

(ii) to approve an extension to the contract referred to in 2.1(i) for a period or periods of up to two years in total if it is deemed appropriate by the Housing Committee and subject to available budget.

(iii) to report back to Housing Committee annually the progress and outcomes of this service.

2. The Committee is requested to note that this report was considered by the Procurement Advisory Board on 14th October 2019. The Board recommended that some additional information be included in the paper, this has been done and the paper is taken to Housing Committee for a decision.