Adult Supported Accommodation Pathways

Bristol City Council is commissioning supported accommodation for homeless single people and childless couples. This will be split into four supported accommodation pathways for homeless single adults:

• Pathway 1: Men only;
• Pathway 2: Mixed: men and women;
• Pathway 3: Women only;
• Pathway 4: Substance use (including specialist abstinent-based accommodation). NOTE: There is a separate award notice for Pathway 4, linked below.

To be eligible, prospective contractors must:

• Own accommodation AND be a Registered Provider of Social Housing; OR
• Own accommodation AND be in the process of applying to become a Registered Provider of Social Housing; OR
• Lease accommodation from a Registered Provider of Social Housing.

Accommodation must be:

• Furnished, one-bedroom units within self-contained properties, shared houses or blocks of accommodation.
• Within the geographical boundary of Bristol (i.e. cannot be in neighbouring authorities);
• Available from 28 October 2024 for a period of at least 3 years.

An expression of interest was run to identify suitable providers which closed on 11/03/2024 (the link to this expression of interest is contained in this notice). To minimise the complexity of multiple providers delivering services, prospective contractors had to be able to supply a minimum of 50 units in total, or meet the minimum number of units specified within the Expression of Interest document.

• The Contract(s) will be for 3 years with an option to extend for 2 x 1 years
• The estimated annual value of this contract is £5,381,874

This process has been undertaken on a voluntary basis with the Services being exempt from Part 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 by virtue of Regulation 10(1)(a), but with a view to attracting as many Service Providers as possible.