Rough Sleeper Outreach Service

Reading Borough Council requires a provider to deliver a service to households, across tenure type, to intervene early in preventing homelessness and sustaining tenancies.

The service will deliver:

• Early upstream homelessness prevention support to clients who are threatened with homelessness, or who may be threatened with homelessness in the future if their immediate support needs are not addressed, by leading on a No First Night Out (NFNO) initiative in Reading.

• Support to the Council in delivering its duties, powers and obligations towards people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness under the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.

• A two tier service that includes Tier 1: Drop-in and triage; Tier 2: Shorter and longer term support planning and resettlement support to provide the most appropriate level and length of intervention/support to each client.

• Shorter term support plans over a three to six month period where more than brief intervention(s) is required.

• Longer term support plans, as agreed with the Commissioner, where more than brief intervention(s) or shorter term support is required.

Additional information: Organisations interested in expressing an interest in this procurement should download the procurement documents which are available on the Council'[input]s e-tendering system at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/readingbc/aspx/Home and complete as instructed.

The Portal is free of charge - to register please follow the supplier registration guidance which is available on the Portal. Contractors wishing to be considered for this tendering opportunity must complete the tender documents and return them electronically via the Council's e-tendering portal.

Please note: you must register your interest via the Council's e-tendering portal if you intend to submit a tender. Interested parties must log onto the Council's e-tendering portal at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/readingbc, to express an interest and download the procurement documents. All communications regarding this procurement exercise will be conducted through the Council's e-tendering portal including requests for clarifications or general enquiries. The procurement documents will be available for download up until the closing time and date for tender submissions, it is the organisation's responsibility to ensure that they download the documents in ample time to ensure that they can be completed and returned electronically, along with supporting documents, prior to the closing time and date stipulated. Before completing the tender, potential providers/suppliers should ensure that the e-mail address that has been used to register their organisation will be checked regularly as the Council's e-tendering system will generate automatic notifications to this e-mail address when there are updates, changes or messages sent relating to the project. Potential bidders should also check that their organisation's details are correct and kept up to date.

Technical questions and assistance regarding the use and operation of the Portal should be addressed to the In-Tend Help Desk - e-mail: support@in-tend.co.uk , telephone number +44 8442728810.