Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
RESOLVED:
That the Cabinet:
1. Accept the tender from Trinity Homeless Projects for the provision of the Floating Service (Lot 1) for Rough Sleepers to the London Borough of Hillingdon for a two-year period from 14th April 2023 and at the value of £235,821 following a procurement exercise as set out in the Tender Appendix;
2. Accept the tender from Thames Reach Charity Ltd (Lot 2) for the provision of an Outreach/Inreach Service for Rough Sleepers to the London Borough of Hillingdon for a two-year period from 14th April 2023 and at the value of £690,442 following a procurement exercise as set out in the Tender Appendix;
3. Furthermore, agrees that this includes the provision to extend one or both of the contracts (noting this depends on the future grant funding decisions as to whether both contracts can be extended) for up to a five-year period (seven years in total), delegating approval for any extension to the Leader of the Council and Cabinet Members for Residents’ Services, in consultation with the Director of Housing.
4. Note that if the extension option is exercised, the price for Lot 1 with Trinity Homeless Projects will be an additional £598,265, with a total price for the seven years of £834,086, and that if the extension option is exercised the price for Lot 2 with Thames Reach Charity, this will be an additional £1,748,565, with a total price for seven years of £2,439,007.
Reasons for decision
The Leader of the Council introduced the report, which Cabinet agreed, to accept tenders for services to support rough sleepers, which included floating and outreach/inreach services. It was noted that these contracts had been recommended following substantive market testing.
Alternative options considered and rejected
The Council could have decided not to tender, but as funding was provided for such services via the Government, the Council had a duty to demonstrate value for money.
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Residents’ Services |
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Expiry date for any scrutiny call-in / date decision can be implemented (if no call-in) |
These decisions can be called-in by 5pm, Friday 31 March 2023 |
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Officer(s) to action |
Mark Billings, Debbie Weller |
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Directorate |
Place Directorate |
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Classification |
Private - Whilst the Cabinet's decisions above are always made public, the officer report relating to this matter is not because it was considered in the private part of the meeting and contained information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the Authority holding that information) and the public interest in withholding the information outweighed the public interest in disclosing it in accordance with Section 100(A) and paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12 (A) to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended). |
Publication date: 24/03/2023
Date of decision: 23/03/2023
Decided at meeting: 23/03/2023 - CABINET
Effective from: 01/04/2023