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In accordance with Contract Standing Order 88, this report seeks Cabinet authority to award 6 Housing Related Support (HRS) service contracts to support vulnerable adults with support needs.  The services will provide housing related support services to Brent residents including to Older People (55+), those identified as having Mental ill Health, Learning Disabilities, Physical Disabilities and/or Sensory Impairments, Single Homeless, Ex-offenders, Substance Misuse and Women, Families and Young People.

RESOLVED:

15.1   Cabinet agreed to award the contract for Generic Floating Housing Related Support service to Thames Reach for a period of 4 years with an option to extend by a further year.

15.2   Cabinet agreed to award the contract for Learning Disabilities Care and Housing Related Support to Look Ahead Housing and Care for a period of 4 years with an option to extend by a further year.

15.3   Cabinet agreed to award the contract for Mental Health Housing Related Support to Look Ahead Housing and Care for a period of 4 years with an option to extend by a further year.

15.4   Cabinet agreed to award the contract for Older Persons and Handy Persons Housing Related Support to Elders Voice for a period of 4 years with an option to extend by a further year.

15.5. Cabinet agreed to award the contract for Multiple Needs Housing Related Support to Look Ahead Housing and Care for a period of 4 years with an option to extend by a further year.

15.6   Cabinet agreed to award the contract for Women, Families & Young People Housing Related Support to Depaul UK for a period of 4 years with an option to extend by a further year.

Councillor Krupesh Hirani, Cabinet Member for Community Wellbeing, introduced the report seeking authority to award six Housing Related Support (HRS) service contracts to support vulnerable adults with support needs, in accordance with Contract Standing Order 88. The services would provide housing related support services to Brent residents including to Older People (55+), those identified as having Mental ill Health, Learning Disabilities, Physical Disabilities and/or Sensory Impairments, Single Homeless, Ex-offenders, Substance Misuse and Women, Families and Young People. The report summarised the process undertaken in tendering the contracts and following the completion of the evaluation of tenders, set out recommendations for the award of the six contracts.

The Cabinet also had before them appendices to the report, detailing the evaluation of the tenders received, which were exempt from publication as it contained the following category of exempt information as specified in Paragraph 3, Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, namely: “Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)"

RESOLVED:

15.1  Cabinet agreed to award the contract for Generic Floating Housing Related Support service to Thames Reach for a period of 4 years with an option to extend by a further year.

15.2 Cabinet agreed to award the contract for Learning Disabilities Care and Housing Related Support to Look Ahead Housing and Care for a period of 4 years with an option to extend by a further year.

15.3  Cabinet agreed to award the contract for Mental Health Housing Related Support to Look Ahead Housing and Care for a period of 4 years with an option to extend by a further year.

15.4  Cabinet agreed to award the contract for Older Persons and Handy Persons Housing Related Support to Elders Voice for a period of 4 years with an option to extend by a further year.

15.5. Cabinet agreed to award the contract for Multiple Needs Housing Related Support to Look Ahead Housing and Care for a period of 4 years with an option to extend by a further year.

15.6 Cabinet agreed to award the contract for Women, Families & Young People Housing Related Support to Depaul UK for a period of 4 years with an option to extend by a further year.