Support and Accommodation for Young People Aged 18 and Over

Description

Leicestershire County Council is preparing to procure a tender for the provision of Supported Accommodation for Young People aged 18 and over. The Council would like to consult the market prior to a tender being issued. The service will be for care leavers aged 18–21 (up to 25 in some cases) with low to moderate support needs and will provide: • Safe, good-quality shared accommodation within Leicestershire • Flexible, needs-led support that allows young people to progress into independent living • Help to young people to build; Practical life skills; Emotional resilience; Social integration • Ensure value for money including maximising the use of Universal Credit housing support The proposed service model is for a block of shared accommodation beds and a block of flexible support hours. The support hours will be used flexibly across the beds depending on the needs of individual young people and will reduce over time in line with the young person’s increasing independence. The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) is to gauge interest from the market and to investigate potential options for the contract described above. This is not an invitation to bid, this is solely a request for information. Responding to this request for information does not advantage or disadvantage any supplier in any possible future procurement process. No supplier selection or supplier preference is implied. Suppliers interested in taking part in this request for information are asked to express an interest in the opportunity on ProContract, download and complete the PME document, and submit the PME response via ProContract prior to the closing date and time. Keywords: Supported Accommodation, Care Leavers, Looked After Children, Accommodation