Homelessness Support - Market Engagement

Dudley Council is planning to re-commission its current support services for homeless people and will start the procurement process within the next 12 months.

The council is inviting responses from companies with proven experience in providing 24/7 support and/or supported living services to people who have been homeless. We are particularly keen to hear from organisations who can evidence how they have worked innovatively with homeless people and can describe how this has made a meaningful improvement in people's lives

The information gathered from this exercise will help shape future proposals including any potential tendering process and associated service specification. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process and the Council is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process.

Participation or non-participation in the pre-procurement market engagement process shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the pre-procurement process shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participation in the pre-procurement market engagement procurement process will be at each supplier's own cost. No expense in responding to this process will be reimbursed by the Council. This is not a call for competition The anticipated value of the contract is c£300,000 p.a.

Additional information:

Dudley Council is planning to re-commission its current support services for homeless people and will start the procurement process within the next 12 months.

The council is inviting responses from companies with proven experience in providing 24/7 support and/or supported living services to people who have been homeless. We are particularly keen to hear from organisations who can evidence how they have worked innovatively with homeless people and can describe how this has made a meaningful improvement in people's lives.

The information gathered from this exercise will help shape future proposals including any potential tendering process and associated service specification. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process and the Council is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process.

Participation or non-participation in the pre-procurement market engagement process shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the pre-procurement process shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participation in the pre-procurement market engagement procurement process will be at each supplier's own cost. No expense in responding to this process will be reimbursed by the Council. This is not a call for competition

The Market Engagement Questionnaire is available on https://in-tendhost.co.uk/blackcountryportal/aspx/home

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No