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The Council is seeking to award a contract for the provision of care and support services for the following extra care accommodation settings: • Haddington Vale • Cherry Tree Gardens Service requirements include Care and Support Services to individuals who are aged 18 years and over have been assessed by the Council as being eligible under the Care Act 2014 for care and support and whose care and support is fully or part funded by the Local Authority. The service will be provided to tenants within Haddington Vale and Cherry Tree Gardens extra care schemes (including the bungalows at Cherry Tree Gardens. The service will include: - Care and Support within Extra Care - Wellbeing Service

Wigan Council and NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board (Wigan Locality) are committed to enabling people to live fulfilled and valued lives in their own homes and communities. Central to this ambition is the delivery of high quality, ethical, asset based support by a skilled, caring and compassionate workforce. The Community Living Ethical Framework has been developed to establish strong, values based partnerships with high quality providers who share this commitment. The Framework will be the Council's primary mechanism for commissioning with confidence ethical providers who deliver strengths based, community focused support, while recognising and valuing the essential contribution of their workforce. The Framework seeks to support a transformed model of care and support that focuses on people's strengths, networks and aspirations, enabling them to live independently and remain connected within their local communities. All providers on the Community Living Ethical Framework will demonstrate: •That people have real control over their care and support, actively engaging residents, local communities and partners in the co-design and development of support packages. •The difference that they are making to people's lives through a strengths-based approach celebrating and facilitating people's gifts, talents and aspirations. •That they seek solutions that actively plan to avoid or overcome crisis and focus on people within their natural communities, rather than service and organisational boundaries. •That they enable people to develop networks of support in their local communities and increase community connections. •That they take time to listen to a person's own voice, particularly those whose views are not easily heard. •That they fully consider the needs of the family and carers when planning support and care. •That they ensure that support is culturally sensitive and relevant to diverse communities. •That they take into account a person's whole life, including their physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual needs.

Requirement: The VRU is seeking a Learning Partner to support a pilot to prevent problematic sexual behaviour in schools, working with one Multi Academy Trust and 3–4 local authorities. The Learning Partner will support the co-design phase by helping map services, understand need, and develop clear approaches (e.g. Theories of Change), using best practice for complex issues like harmful sexual behaviour. They will then support shared learning across areas, build a community of practice, develop simple performance monitoring, and evaluate the pilot to inform future work. Background: Harmful sexual behaviour is common in schools and increasingly shaped by technology (e.g. social media, image sharing, AI content). Many school staff lack confidence and training to address these issues effectively. Schools are responsible for responding to peer sexual abuse, often relying on staff judgement, making consistent guidance and support essential. The delivery of the pilot itself will be procured separately at a later date. How to Apply: The maximum budget is £140,000 excl VAT. This is broken down as £70k for the initial term of 2 years 4 months and £70k allocated to an optional extension of 2 years (1+1). Further information can be found in the bidder pack for this tender. You can access and download a copy of the bidder pack from the Delta esourcing portal by following this link. www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/ED4T4J532N Please submit all clarification question via Delta by 1st June 3pm. Please submit your tender response via Delta by 17th June 1pm. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Research-and-development-consultancy-services./ED4T4J532N To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/ED4T4J532N

PCH are seeking a contractor to work with Ealing Council to improve flow through the present in house supported living provision and make the case for future investment. This would involve: • Identifying opportunities to improve flow, particularly for people receiving short term support for mental health needs. • Review the use and effectiveness of unplanned respite care • Developing a business case for investment in infrastructure and housing stock, including options for updating or redeveloping existing sites. To Note; a related piece of support is also being sought to work with their existing in house reablement offer to develop a practical plan for strengthening skills and broadening the scope of provision. The contractors for both pieces are expected to establish and maintain touch points and collaborate to enable a ‘joined up’ outcome for Ealing. Alternatively, we welcome suitably qualified and experienced contractors to bid for both pieces of work.

The Service to be provided is a South Tyneside Sensory Support Service. Key requirements of the service include: • Maintaining a register of people who are severely sight impaired and sight impaired, and those who are deafblind. • Assessment and care planning for people with sensory impairment, including deafblind. • Assessment for minor aids and adaptations to support people with visual impairment. • A sight loss rehabilitation programme. • Advice, information and support for both people with visual and hearing loss and for those who are deafblind. This is a block contract for 5 years with the option to extend by up to 12 months. Annual contract sum for year 1 is £136,424. The full tender pack is available free of charge via https://open-uk.org/login - project number #OPEN2026907

Cambridgeshire County Council requires providers of Supervised Family Time, located in the Eastern Region, and across the Country, to support the Council to meet their statutory duty to ensure children enjoy time with family. This is to supplement the Council's own in house supervised family time service who cannot meet the current demand due to volume or when children live a distance from Cambridgeshire.

The aim of the Service Specification is to ensure the provision of high quality, outcome-focused services which are safe and that meet the quality outcomes and safeguarding responsibilities of the Council. This will involve working to achieve the agreed outcomes as defined by the Service User, through a person-centred planning approach that puts Service Users and their Carers at the forefront of all decision making. The services that this will be achieved through include a 24/7 care staffing presence to respond to unplanned care requests and help engage with the delivery of activities (referred to as the 24/7 Core Wellbeing Service) as well as through the delivery of Planned Care and Support as requested by the individuals residing in the apartments to which the Council holds Nomination RightsWhile City Development manage the building phase of the scheme, responsibility for securing an onsite care provider is managed by the Integrated Commissioning Team in the Adults and Health Directorate. This will be done to the core and add-on approach utilised at other commissioned extra care schemes. Under this approach, the service specification stipulates the nature of the service and the expectations of Leeds Adults & Health (Leeds A&H) in terms of delivery. The service specification does not offer any guaranteed hours, instead it states the potential opportunity for care hours from nominated tenants which would then be paid for through direct payments, managed budgets or from an individual’s own finances. The service to be procured consists of two components: an onsite, core service providing 24/7 cover to offer peace of mind, which includes responding to alarm calls, and; the provision of statutory planned care and support for those individuals who wish to purchase this service from the onsite provider, as opposed to any other care provider options. In terms of the community for the 65 apartments, the scheme will aim to be structured around the balanced community approach with a 40% high, 30% moderate and 30% low care split. The delivery of a 24/7 onsite staffing presence that is accessible to all tenants is available to all individuals living at the scheme regardless of assessed care needs and would in all cases be directly funded by individual tenants via a charge levied per apartment directly to the tenants by the procured care provider. This charge will not be part of the rent or the housing related service charge and is managed separate by the onsite care provider. The onsite provider will be recognised as the default provider for the add-on planned care and support. However, individual tenants will be able to choose their own care provider if they prefer this option. Including this default option approach should help to balance the costs across both elements of the service, for example by the provider having staff onsite during the day who could deliver add-on care as well as respond to emergency calls. While identifying the onsite provider as the default option, individuals’ choice and control is still recognised and the specification will highlight that there is no guarantee of any of the estimated 457.5 hours of planned care and support.

Cheshire West and Chester Council want to make sure that families have access to meaningful and supportive short breaks services. Objectives • Support carers with their caring responsibilities • Ensure services are outcome focused and, where appropriate, link into supporting a child or young person's Education, Health and Care Plan (EHC Plan) • Ensure families are in control of how they use short breaks and how to access them • Prioritise the child/young person and parent/carer experience and perspective when designing the services delivered and how they are accessed • Offer disabled children and young people the opportunity to learn new skills, make new friends and reduce loneliness • Reduce escalation to more statutory services i.e. services provided by the local authority which could include social services • Involve, children, young people and their families in the decision-making process • Maximise the use of specialist resources and universal services within communities • Ensure staff are qualified and skilled to deliver safe and high-quality services • Offer a range of short breaks to support the needs of carers of children/young people with SEND with the right mix of services which are person-centred and respond to family's needs • Are fairly accessed; priority will be for those who need it most and eligibility for services will be clear and transparent The benefits of Short Breaks Short Breaks should provide a diverse range of services that offer children and young people with SEND meaningful and enjoyable experiences that support their personal growth and development, while also giving their primary carers valuable time to rest and recharge. These breaks can take place in a child's home, the home of an approved carer, or in community settings such as local sports clubs. Depending on a child or young person's eligibility, needs, and interests, a Short Break might range from a few hours, like attending a trampolining session, to several days for those requiring more intensive care and support. In Cheshire West and Chester, every Short Break opportunity should enable children and young people to enjoy themselves, build friendships, and develop confidence, independence, and the social and emotional skills needed for a successful transition to adulthood. For families, Short Breaks also offer vital time for parents, carers, and siblings to enjoy time for themselves.

Transport for London is procuring on behalf of the Greater London Authority (GLA). The GLA invites suitably qualified suppliers to participate in an Open Procedure for the delivery of three pan-London rough sleeping services. The Mayor's Rough Sleeping Plan of Action sets out the bold vision to end rough sleeping in London by 2030. The services commissioned through this process will play a key role in achieving this ambition, through preventing homelessness and providing specialist support to those who are sleeping rough. This procurement covers the delivery of three lots which are listed below: Lot 1 - Migrant Accommodation Pathways Service (MAPS) This is a specialist service aimed at improving outcomes for non-UK nationals rough sleeping or at risk of rough sleeping in London. It will replace the current MAPS service, which includes the Roma Rough Sleeping Team and the Link Worker Team. The service will include the following elements: A dedicated migrant homelessness advice function through second‑tier professional support and direct advice to service users; An assessment and case resolution function for those facing additional barriers to resolving their homelessness, including international reconnections; Access to independent legal advice; Specialist support for Roma people rough sleeping or at risk of rough sleeping; Emergency accommodation provision to facilitate assessing or securing routes out of homelessness for homeless migrants; A system capacity building and coordination function. General Optional Services:  Provision of additional staffing Provision of additional accommodation Additional client costs Initial Term of 3 years with 3 optional years - 3+1+1+1. Contract value for the full 6 years is up to £13.7M. An allowance of up to 50% is included for enacting the optional services, with a maximum possible contract value for the service of up to £20.5M. Lot 2 - Crisis Prevention and Response Service (CPRS) This is a new service which will replace the current Rapid Response Outreach Team. It will also incorporate the phoneline, currently delivered through the separate StreetLink London service. To enable a transition from current service provision to a new model of support focused on prevention and assisting more people without the need for outreach contact, there is a phased approach to the delivery of the service. Throughout the contract, the service will include: A pan-London, self-referral phoneline service taking calls from people sleeping rough or at imminent risk of sleeping rough. An outreach response on the night transport network. Assessment, triage, advice, guidance and one-off advocacy. In the first year of the contract, the service will also deliver an outreach response to all StreetLink alerts in 26 boroughs. In Year 2, the service will transition away from this outreach-led approach and will then include: A community team providing in-person support across a range of settings Short-term casework for those who require it General Optional Services:  Expansion of the capacity of the phoneline Expansion of the night transport function Provision of additional staffing Initial Term of 3 years with 3 optional years - 3+1+1+1. Contract value for the full 6 years is up to £14.4M. An allowance of up to 50% is included for enacting the optional services, with a maximum possible contract value for the service of up to £21.6M. Lot 3 - London Navigator Team (LNT) The service provides specialist support for people with long histories of rough sleeping, who are part of the Target Priority Group. It includes: Personalised and intensive support which can stay with people on their journey from the streets to home. Support for people experiencing severe and multiple disadvantage to navigate local systems to access both housing and the support they need in all areas of their life. The LNT Housing Scheme - 40 ringfenced social housing units, housing people from the LNT caseload under a housing-led model. General Optional Services: Supporting any additional properties added to the LNT Housing Scheme Expanding the LNT through the provision of additional staffing Service user costs for any additional cases added to the LNT caseload, above the number which the provider has modelled for in the core service Initial Term of 3 years with 3 optional years - 3+1+1+1. Contract value for the full 6 years is up to £9.4M. An allowance of up to 50% is included for enacting the optional services, with a maximum possible contract value for the service of up to £14.2M. The above values include core services and general optional services for each of the three Lots. Contract duration will be for three (3) years and options to extend the contract for a further period of up to three (3) years, exercisable in one or more periods to a maximum of three (3) years. The maximum duration of the contract (including all extensions) will be no more than six (6) years.  Total Value (estimated) - £56,374,308 (full 6‑year maximum value including extensions and optional services). This value is across all three services. Contract dates (Estimated)- 3 years initial + up to 3 optional extension years Bidders may apply for multiple lots, however, awards will be limited to up to 50% of the bidder's annual turnover. This controls delivery risk, avoids overreliance on single providers and protects market diversity.  Each lot includes core and optional services.

Supported living services are a vital part of Sefton's Adult Social Care offer, enabling individuals with care and support to live independently in their own homes. Supported living arrangements aim to increase individuals' independence and skills by reducing dependency over time. This should, in turn, enhance the adult's persons autonomy and reduce the level of paid and unpaid support required. These arrangements create opportunities for individuals to explore new experiences, enable care and support to be delivered within their own homes, and may facilitate transitions to more independent forms of accommodation. The provision of services therefore includes options for both short-term and long-term support, promoting progression and the development of life skills, including recovery-focused models for those with mental health support needs.

Southampton City Council intends to establish a multi provider Short Breaks, Outreach and Support Framework to improve access to high quality services for children and young people with disabilities aged up to 18 years. The proposed Framework will include two Lots: Lot 1 - Care Support and Community Outreach This Lot covers personalised care and support delivered in the home or community. Services will help children and young people with disabilities to develop independence, access their community, and maintain their wellbeing, while supporting family stability. The service will include personalised care and community based support, including personal care, delegated health tasks, communication and independence building programmes, behaviour support, community access and, where required, overnight respite. Providers must be able to offer planned, responsive and crisis support across a range of hours. Lot 2 - Specialist Playschemes and Targeted Short Breaks This Lot provides specialist holiday playschemes and targeted short break opportunities for children with substantial or complex needs. These are for children who cannot safely access mainstream provision due to high levels of personal care, complex health needs, autism or behaviour that challenges. Services delivered under this Lot should offer group and community-based activities that support children's social development, independence, wellbeing and enjoyment, while providing families with essential respite. The purpose of the Framework is to deliver consistent, timely, high quality and value for money support, while strengthening family resilience and improving outcomes for children and young people with disabilities. By approving providers onto a single Framework, the Council can quickly match a child's assessed needs with an appropriate supplier, reducing delays and enabling responsive, high quality support across the local area.

The aims of this contract are to help provide stability and support for children aged 5 – 18 who are experiencing domestic abuse between their parents and/or carers. The aim is to support children who are currently living in the household or who have recently (3 months) vacated the household in which DA was occurring. The support offered should take a child centred approach, giving a voice to the young person (YP), and should cover a wide range of issues such as emotional impact, coping mechanisms and health relationship work. This is to be delivered in a series of bespoke 1:2:1 intervention which have been tailored in a way to suit the needs of the YP. The second aspect of the support offered is to parents and carers in helping them understand the impacts of DA upon their YP and how they might need to change or respond differently to the needs of their YP. Lastly, where direct support isn’t possible, the provider will be required to work with relevant DA professionals to ensure additional support routes may be offered. Examples of this are through training, sharing of resources or additional external support structures. The successful provider will need to work with fellow support professionals to ensure that the young persons needs are being met and their quality of life is improving. Said provider will also be required to act as an advocate for the YP where appropriate through engagement with further professionals. Please note that the service will not be supporting YP where there is domestic abuse within their own intimate/personal relationships or where there is direct sexual abuse/violence.

To provide good quality emergency temporary accommodation in hotels for families, single people and childless couples who are either owed a homelessness duty under the relevant part of the Housing Act 1996 (as amended) or owed a duty to be housed under section 17 Children Act 1989. Or for those adults who under the Care Act the Council has a duty to safeguard or prevent abuse or neglect, who may have care and support needs. The service specification aims to provide an appropriate framework for: • the securing of an agreed minimum standard of hotel provision; and • development of provision that removes the need for and/or minimises the need for out of borough placements.

The outreach service will deliver interventions to reduce harm around substance use and associated risky behaviours with a target audience of 16–25-year-olds. The aim of the outreach service is to reduce and / or prevent recreational/experimental use turning into problematic drug and alcohol use. The service will explore new opportunities to provide outreach within the city of Sheffield and will discuss this with commissioners in the new contract period. The service will be required to provide harm reduction advice and support, overdose prevention advice, and work closely with key partners including but not limited to, sexual health and mental health services. The service will provide a comprehensive referral and signposting function to ensure that substance use support is accessible to all individuals encountered during outreach and education initiatives. This includes a commitment to navigating both adult and youth-specific treatment systems, ensuring that referrals are handled with the necessary sensitivity and clinical relevance. By integrating these transition points into standard outreach procedures, the service will facilitate a seamless journey for service users from initial engagement through to specialist substance use intervention.

The primary objective of this commission is to improve long-term recovery outcomes for people in drug treatment by integrating targeted housing support into the wider recovery framework. This initiative stems from the 10-year Drug Strategy, which allocated £53m to address the significant housing instabilities often cited by individuals entering dependency services. By focusing on the delivery of stable housing, this project seeks to remove a primary barrier to successful treatment completion. Following the success of the HALT project, which commenced in 2021, this specification invites providers to bid to provide a Housing Support Service as part of the Home At Last Team (HALT) to support those with substance use issues into structured treatment and long term sustainable accommodation, which fits into our strategic objective of ‘Increasing Treatment Capacity.’ It will seek to reduce the number of rough sleepers with substance use issues who are not currently engaged in structured treatment, to prevent those within treatment who are at risk of homelessness due to their substance use from becoming homeless, and to offer support (professional and peer) to individuals who are within this cohort.

NOTE - Please note that due to the nature of this opportunity, this is not a regulated procurement activity and does not fall under the Procurement Act 2023 or EU Treaty procurement principles. The Council is using this (quote) process to obtain best value. As such, this is noted as a below threshold contract. REQUIREMENTS The Council are procuring 10 ground floor or level access rooms across the city. Accommodation will not need specific modifications but must be accessible for people with mobility issues. Accommodation must be level accessible (i.e. no steps or stairs). The Council is seeking suitably adapted properties that can support residents with mobility needs. While wheelchair accessibility is not required, homes should include features that make daily living easier for people with limited mobility-such as level access, handrails, accessible bathrooms. Accommodation will be under contracted provision, with the option to review over the life of the contract to increase volume in line with demand if/where needed. Accommodation must be in and around the Coventry area. The Council will not accept provision of properties from existing stock/properties currently provided to the Council as Temporary Accommodation.

Oldham and Rochdale Councils are seeking to commission a provider to deliver an Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Service. The service will support residents in treatment and recovery from substance to achieve sustained employment. The provider will work in partnership with community drug and alcohol treatment services to ensure seamless integration between clinical treatment provision and employment support

WBC invites organisations to apply for admission to the Council’s Care and Support Open Framework. Admission to the Framework confirms a provider as pre qualified to compete for future call off opportunities but does not guarantee that services will be awarded. The Open Framework is intended to: • support a diverse, resilient and sustainable local care market • encourage high quality, person centred and inclusive practice • provide a transparent and proportionate route for providers to access opportunities with the Council • allow new providers to join at regular reopening points during the life of the Framework

Concession Agreement for a Day Nursery and After School Club at the Crymych Integrated Children's Centre in Pembrokeshire

Hampshire County Council is seeking to appoint a qualified provider to deliver 300 occupational therapy (OT) assessments and 200 Care Act Assessments and/or Care Act Reviews the purpose of the service is to: - Reduce assessment backlog/waiting lists - Support timely decision-making for care planning - Promote independence, safety, and wellbeing - Enable access to appropriate equipment, adaptations, or services The scope of the service will be to: -Provide Care Act assessment and support planning services to a predefined number of service users as set out in chapter 6 of the Care Act Guidance -Provide Care Act reviews of support plans to a predefined number of service users as set out in chapter 13 of the Care Act Guidance -Provide Mental Capacity Act (MCA) assessments where required as part of the complete piece of work - Provide Carers Assessments where required as part of as part of the complete piece of work - Support with Continuing Health Care (CHC) Decision Support Tool processes where required as part of the above work with different social care needs - frailty, learning disabilities, physical disabilities, mental health - as required under the duration of the contract - Provide Occupational Therapy Assessments to a predefined number of service users and include: Initial OT assessments Functional assessments Moving and handling assessments including single handed care Equipment and minor adaptations assessments Complete identified actions The supplier will be expected to complete all Care Act Assessments by the 31st December 2026 and Occupational Therapy Assessments by the 31st March 2027 The extension period is to allow for any additional work the Council may commission up to a total of 200 assessments. This is not guaranteed.