Young Persons Supported Living / Accommodation Pathway Service

Description

The provision of an accommodation-based support service exclusively for vulnerable Enfield Young People of 18-24 years old. The service provides various levels of support depending on the Young Person’s needs. Supporting them into Education, Employment or Training and providing life skills for them to enable the Young Person to move on into an independent lifestyle. In the current pathway, all of the remaining properties are owned by the existing provider (Christian Action (Enfield) Housing Association Ltd) apart from one other location. Furthermore, the provider does not want to dispose of or sublet their properties to another supported living provider. Some of the units have covenants upon them which means they can only be occupied by individuals requiring on-site support. The pathway utilises the best units currently available to the provider. By having schemes of 14+ units, it maximises support resources available. The proposed pathway under the proposed contract will yield savings against the current contract. To ensure that the contracting authority continue to benefit from the accommodation, a direct award for a newly remodelled contract is proposed as there is no reasonable alternative or substitute that exists to deliver the volume, quality and suitability of schemes within Enfield, in the current accommodation marketplace; even after reducing the number of units in the pathway. The proposed contract is to be awarded for an initial term of three (3) years with an option to extend for a further period of two (2 years), thus giving a total contract length of up to five (5) years. The service advertised in this notice falls under the services listed in Chapter 3 and Schedule 3 (Social and other specific services) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement process that will apply to the service is specified in the Notice accordingly. Lot 1: Intention to directly award a contract up to 5 years for the provision of an accommodation-based support service exclusively for vulnerable Enfield Young People of 18-24 years old to the contracting authority's existing provider, Christian Action (Enfield) Housing Association Ltd. Therefore, the contracting authority intends to award the proposed contract in accordance with Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) and (iii) of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the negotiated procedure without prior publication due to there being no reasonable alternative or substitute and due to the protection of exclusive rights (ownership of purpose-built properties within the Borough) and is further explained as required within this Notice below.