Decision details

CYP O24251021Supported Accommodation and Floating Support service for Young Children, Young People and Families or Parents to be.

Decision Maker: Service Director Partnership, Early Intervention and Localities

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

This decision is being taken under delegated authority following the Exec decision taken by the Cabinet Member for Early Help, Education, Skills and Young People on 4th March 2024 to
undertake a full tender exercise for this provision and to delegate the award of the contract.
Following the review of the current service the findings concluded that there was still a need in Doncaster for supported accommodation and floating support for children, young people, and families in Doncaster.
Housing and tenancy support need is on the increase due to real-life cost of living pressures facing many families in Doncaster right now. Housing support is one of the top three presenting needs for Your Family Teams and there is an increasing number of children, young people and families who are presenting as homeless and being placed in temporary accommodation.
The qualitative and quantitative data, service user engagement and feedback and a full contract monitoring analysis show the successful impact these services have had in supporting our children,
young people, and families to thrive, reach their full potential and support the delivery of the local borough strategies

Decision:

To award and finalise the contract for the Supported Accommodation and Floating Support service for Young Children, Young People and Families or Parents to YWCA for a contract value of £420,000 per annum commencing on 01/09/2024 for an initial period of 3 years with 2 x 12-month extensions available subject to performance and funding following a compliant tendering procedure.

Alternative options considered:

Do nothing, give notice to the provider and let the existing contract lapse on 31 st May 2024 and not re-procure. This is not a viable option as the service review shows a clear continued need for
the service. Stopping the service will impact upon the council statutory homelessness duties, the result of which will be in an increasing the number of children, young people and families presenting
as homeless and being placed in temporary accommodation.

To extend the current contract. The original contract was legally tendered as a 2-year contract with extension for a further 2 x 12-month periods. All contract extensions have now been exhausted
under Councils Contract Procedure Rules and Public Contract Regulation 2015.

Publication date: 09/10/2024

Date of decision: 03/10/2024

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