Market Engagement Questionnaire for Hampshire Resettlement Accommodation Preparation Service

Hampshire County Council is working in partnership with District, Borough and City Councils across Hampshire to welcome beneficiaries to relocate under Government funded refugee/ relocation programmes.

Such schemes may include the UKRS Scheme, Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP), Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS), Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme (SVPRS) and The Vulnerable Children's Relocation Scheme (VCRS). It may also include individuals and families who originally resettled under Community Sponsorship, or transfer into the county.

Summary of Service: To furnish and equip allocated properties for families joining the scheme, prior to their planned arrival at the property. This will require the service provider to coordinate the procurement, delivery and installation of all items against a service specification. This includes beds, furniture, cooker, washing machine, bedding and kitchen equipment dictated by the arriving families size and ages. All items and installations will need to meet health and safety requirements.

Although rates of resettlement are subject to change, it is anticipated that this service would prepare approximately 19 properties during the contract term, across the whole of Hampshire. It is expected that these properties will be 4 bedrooms, with a maximum occupancy of 8 persons.

The purpose of this Opportunity Notice is to attain information from prospective Suppliers via a Market Engagement Questionnaire. The completion of this Questionnaire will allow HCC to register your interest in this opportunity and to be considered as part of our Request for Quotation tendering procedure.

Please submit your completed questionnaire by 2pm on the 23rd June to strategic.procurement@hants.gov.uk

All responses should be entered into the question submission boxes in this document and saved as a document that can be viewed in Microsoft Word. Other formats are not required.

Please ensure you have registered on our etendering Portal prior to our Request for Quotation, as all correspondence will be through this.

Registration on the County Councils etendering portal, In-Tend, can be found at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire/aspx/Home

We anticipate requesting quotes from suppliers in July 2023, with a Contract Start Date in August 2023.