Provison of a Housing Related Floating Support Service for Older People

Descriptions

Torfaen County Borough Council is seeking tenders from suitably qualified and experienced providers for the provision of a Housing Related Floating Support Service for Older People in the borough. The service will be a very low level housing related support service which will operate across all tenures including retirement housing, privately rented accommodation and privately owned homes. The service will meet Supporting People’s Visions and Objectives and operate under the national outcomes framework for Supporting People. In addition it will contribute to Corporate Plan outcomes for Torfaen. There will be a maximum budget of £500,000 per year to purchase 370 units of support. The tender price will be scored and must be affordable, but the emphasis will be on the quality of the proposed service in meeting the outcomes in the service specification.There is an existing contract for this service which expires on 31st March 2012. Information about the current service will be included in the tender documents.The contract will be awarded for period of 5 years. The start date for the contract is 1st April 2012. Deadline for submission of tenders will be 26th August 2011 and short listed providers will be required to give a presentation on the provisional date of 29th or 30th September 2011.