Issue - meetings

At its meeting on the 16 June 2014, Cabinet approved proposals to invite tenders for the provision of the London Borough of Brent’s Rough Sleepers’ Outreach and Housing Advice and Resettlement Services. Subsequently the services were put out as two separate tenders namely: The Rough Sleeper’s Outreach Service; and The Rough Sleepers’ Housing Advice and Resettlement Service. This report now requests authority to award contracts as required by Contract Standing Order No 88. This report summarises the process undertaken in tendering this contract and, following the completion of the evaluation of the tenders, recommends to whom the contracts should be awarded.

(i)         that the contract for the Rough Sleepers’ Outreach services be awarded to St Mungo Community Housing Association; and

(ii)        that the contract for the Rough Sleepers’ Housing Advice & Resettlement services be awarded to St Mungo Community Housing Association.

Councillor McLennan (Lead Member, Regeneration and Housing) reminded the Cabinet that at its meeting on the 16 June 2014, approval had been given to proposals to invite tenders for the provision of the London Borough of Brent’s Rough Sleepers’ Outreach and Housing Advice and Resettlement Services. Subsequently the services were put out as two separate tenders namely: The Rough Sleeper’s Outreach Service; and The Rough Sleepers’ Housing Advice and Resettlement Service. The report now requested authority to award contracts as required by Contract Standing Order No 88 and summarised the process undertaken in tendering the contract and, following the completion of the evaluation of the tenders, recommended to whom the contracts should be awarded.

Members made reference to the need for a partner that would help and support people who were sleeping outdoors and help resettle them in alternative accommodation.

The Cabinet also had before them an appendix to the report which was not for publication as it contained the following category of exempt information as specified in Schedule 12 of the Local Government (Access to Information Act) 1972: 

Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

RESOLVED:

(i)         that the contract for the Rough Sleepers’ Outreach services be awarded to St Mungo Community Housing Association;

(ii)        that the contract for the Rough Sleepers’ Housing Advice and Resettlement services be awarded to St Mungo Community Housing Association.