Decision - Procurement of an outreach service for people rough sleeping

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Procurement of an outreach service for people rough sleeping

Decision Maker: Housing Committee

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

This papers seeks authority to tender for a service which offers an outreach model to engage with people sleeping rough in the city and moving them into accommodation.

Decision:

        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 7 day per week street outreach service for rough sleepers subject to Policy & Resources Committee decision on allocations and resources;

 

(ii)        with the potential for adding the staffing and management of severe weather provision for rough sleepers;

 

(iii)       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; and

 

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

 

Report author: Sue Forrest

Publication date: 14/11/2019

Date of decision: 13/11/2019

Decided at meeting: 13/11/2019 - Housing Committee

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