Supported Living FPS

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Published date: 18 September 2023 – Closing: 16 November 2028, 11:59pm

Open opportunity – This means that the contract is currently active, and the buying department is looking for potential suppliers to fulfil the contract.

Contract summary

https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/edaa9206-5b36-4eaf-83ec-4b019c4199cf

Industry

• Health and social work services – 85000000
• Social work and related services – 85300000
• Social work services – 85310000

Location of contract

S60 1AE

Value of contract

£0 to £278,899,520

Procurement reference

20230918103317-104118

Published date

18 September 2023

Closing date

16 November 2028

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

17 November 2028

Contract end date

18 November 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

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Description

The Council is seeking applications from providers who may wish to join the Supported Living: Flexible Purchasing System (FPS). The intention is to appoint a range of providers with the capability and capacity to deliver Care and Support in a supported living setting.
Once the FPS is established, contracts will be awarded either by running mini competitions or via direct awards.

The main principles of supported living are that people with learning disabilities own or rent their home and have control over the support they get, who they live with (if anyone) and how they live their lives. Supported living assumes that all people with learning disabilities, regardless of the level or type of disability, can make choices about how to live their lives.

Rotherham’s population for people with a learning disability and autistic people is changing both in complexity and with an ageing population. Often people remain in provisions with limited move-on opportunities to their own tenancy.

There is a lack of specialist autism provision too. In drafting Rotherham’s Autism Strategy, autistic people indicated that they needed housing which could accommodate sensory needs with acoustic/noise reduction. As one autistic person said: Home needs to be the place “where we can relax, unwind, and work off that stress”.

Supported living is a service designed to help people with a wide range of support needs retain their independence by being supported in their own home. People in supported living have their own tenancy and are responsible for their own bills and cost of living. To afford these, the person may be entitled to a wide range of benefits and grants. In single-person-supported living, they will also have their own front door. In Supported Living, the support provided is not dependent on the provision of housing (and vice versa) so if the support provider changes, this doesn’t affect the tenancy. The person has the security of tenure in line with their tenancy agreement.

The Council has a need to work with high quality supported living provision across the borough and establish a model which will enable the following: –

• A flexible approach to engage with multiple suppliers in the market
• Cost Savings through increased competition
• Opportunity to stimulate development in the Supported Living Market
• Potential to increase access for Rotherham’s small-medium enterprises
• Support the delivery of Rotherham Council’s social value ambition

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More information

Links

• https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/104118
• User / Company

Additional text

Additional Information – Annual Estimated Spend
Duration
Potential FPS Expenditure
Social Value
YORtender

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How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Yvonne Dutton

Address

Riverside House
Main Street
Rotherham
S60 1AE
ENG

Telephone

+441709334165

Email

[email protected]

Website

https://www.rotherham.gov.uk