Issue - items at meetings - Night Shelter & Supported Accommodation for Rough Sleepers

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 Two (2) years for the provision of a joint Night shelter Service and supported accommodation service to the value of £450,000 per annum.

(ii)            The contract is to contain a break provision permitting the council to terminate the contract in whole or in part after one year.

1)    The Committee considered the report presented by Jenny Knight to update on the work that has taken place to develop the night shelter and supported accommodation for rough sleeper services and to seek approval from the Committee to the procurement of a joint 365-night shelter and supported accommodation service.

2)    Councillor Siriol Hugh-Jones was informed that the single bidder proposed 29 units.

3)    Councillor John Allcock stated that Councillor Nichole Brennan was keen to get the much-needed night shelter running.

4)    Councillor David Gibson was informed that the single bidder would be finalising the lease of a property at the end of September 2019. The alterations to accommodation would then start in mid-November 2019. The accommodation will be released in phases.

5)    The Chair was informed that the accommodation would be open 24/7 365 days a year.

Resolved: That the Housing Committee agreed:

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 Two (2) years for the provision of a joint Night shelter Service and supported accommodation service to the value of £450,000 per annum.

(ii)    The contract is to contain a break provision permitting the council to terminate the contract in whole or in part after one year.