VEAT Notice for the Rough Sleeping Outreach Service

Tender description

Provision of a Street Outreach Service. The service will work to identify, engage, support and resettle individuals sleeping rough within the City of London. Lot 1: The contracting authority is not awarding a new contract. This VEAT notice is in respect of a proposed modification to extend the Rough Sleeper Street Outreach Service which was originally awarded on 01/11/2020 and will expire on 31/10/2025 See sections II.2.4 and IV.1.1 for further details The extension period will be for a period of 12 months only terminating on 31/10/2026 This limited contract extension will provide flexibility for the contracting authority and ensure continuity of service provision for homeless individuals until such time as the Service is under a new longer term contract. The Rough Sleeper Street Outreach Service will work to identify and support street homeless individuals within the City of London to engage and prepare for a resettlement pathway. The outreach service makes a critical contribution to the City's aim of ending rough sleeping, through ensuring new rough sleepers are located and responded to with an offer of accommodation, and that no-one is left being homeless without a plan to bring their rough sleeping to an end.