Decision - Commissioning of a Housing First Service for Single Homeless People

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Commissioning of a Housing First Service for Single Homeless People

Decision Maker: Housing Committee

Decision status: Withdrawn

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Re-procurement of Housing First.

Decision:

RESOLVED:

 

That Housing Committee:

 

2.1      Approves the procurement and award of a contract for the provision of a Housing First Service for single homeless people for a period of five years with the option to extend for a maximum of two further years.

 

2.2      Grants delegated authority to the Executive Director for Health & Adult Social Care or the Interim Executive Director Housing Neighbourhoods & Communities to carry out the procurement of the services referred to in 2.1 above including the award of the contract.

 

2.3      That the Executive Director for Health & Adult Social Care or the Executive Director Housing Neighbourhoods & Communities seek authority of the Housing Committee prior to the expiry of the initial contract period of 5 years if it is recommended that the contract be extended under the extension provisions exercisable by the council under the terms of the contract.

 

2.4      Delegates authority to the Executive Director of Health & Adult Social Care or the Executive Director Housing Neighbourhoods & Communities on confirmation of the award of funding by the MHCLG in response to a bid made by the Council for the purposes of financing Housing First units of accommodation, to increase the value of the procurement and subsequent contract award to reflect the amount of grant awarded (maximum of £312,000.00) and to enable the provision of a minimum of number of additional units pro-rated to the value of the grant awarded on the basis that the maximum grant of £312,000.00 will fund a minimum of 35 additional units.

 

2.5      To report regularly to Homeless Reduction Board on the progress and

outcomes of the service.

Report author: Martin Reid, Emily Ashmore

Publication date: 16/09/2020

Date of decision: 16/09/2020

Decided at meeting: 16/09/2020 - Housing Committee

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