Agenda item

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.

Members received a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services, which provided an update on the commissioning of a new Rough Sleeping Outreach Service for the City; which would be informed by items 5 and 13 on today’s agenda.  During the discussion and questions, the following points were noted:

The process and final specification has been shaped by a market engagement exercise with potential providers.. The selection process for the successful provider will include Member representation; officers will invite the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Sub Committee to take part in the process and have early sight of the specification.

Commissioning for Winter provision is also underway; however, in the first round there had only been one unsuccessful bid. Officers have revised the specification, undertaken further engagement with providers and have gone back to the market in order to provide a new service commencing in November.    The Outreach approach sought should deliver  multi-skilled team able to offer targeted focus and responses to the most  entrenched rough sleepers. 

RESOLVED, that – the proposed commissioning activities and timelines to implement a new Rough Sleeping Outreach Service for the City be noted.