Agenda item - Rough Sleeping & Single Homeless Services Commissioning

1)             Cabinet agrees to recommission the SOS ending 31 March 2026, for 3-years, with a possible extension of up-to 4-years (2+ 2+ years) with an estimated value of £1,635,000 over three years.

2)             Cabinet delegates authority to Corporate Director – Homes and Adult Social Care to procure and award the new contract commencing April 2026, in consultation with Cabinet Member for Homes. 

42.1      Cabinet considered a report that sought approval to recommission the city’s core Street Outreach Service (SOS), which is due to end in March 2026.

42.2      Councillors Muten, Millet, Taylor, Nann and Sankey asked questions and contributed to the debate of the report.

42.3      Resolved-

1)           Cabinet agrees to recommission the SOS ending 31 March 2026, for 3-years, with a possible extension of up-to 4-years (2+ 2+ years) with an estimated value of £1,635,000 over three years.

2)           Cabinet delegates authority to Corporate Director – Homes and Adult Social Care to procure and award the new contract commencing April 2026, in consultation with Cabinet Member for Homes.