The Provision of a Mobile Intervention and Support Team (MIST)

Concepts

• mobile intervention and support team
• health and social work
• support team
• provision of a mobile intervention
• peripatetic support service
• mist
• further support
• city of london corporation
• proposed contract
• temporary accommodation

Location

London:

Description

The City of London Corporation (The City) is undertaking a 1 stage procurement process in relation to the provision of a The Provision of a Mobile Intervention and Support Team (MIST) (the 'Service'). Further information for this opportunity can be found in II.2.4) Description of the procurement field (of this notice).

Total Quantity or Scope

The Service to be procured from the proposed contract is classified under Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as “Provision of services to the community”. Therefore, the Service advertised i.e. this contract notice, fall among those listed in Annex XIV to Directive 2014/24/EU and the full obligations set out in that directive do not apply. For the avoidance of doubt, the contract is to be procured in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 Regulations 74 to 78, more commonly known as the Light Touch Regime. The precise procurement process to be used is as described in the procurement documents. The procurement is being run as a one stage process, resembling the open procedure and its main features - which includes the core elements of the standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ). Any organisation that considers itself able to meet the requirements of the selection criteria within the Qualification Envelope is invited to submit a tender. The City of London are commissioning a provider to deliver a 7 day per week peripatetic support service for those that have experienced rough sleeping in the City and have been supported into temporary accommodation across London. The service provider will work mostly remotely, working from various professional and community settings. The Mobile Intervention and Support Team (MIST) caseload will comprise of individuals in various forms of accommodation: I. Individuals placed in unsupported hotel accommodation. This could also include the City’s Severe Weather Emergency Protocol accommodation. II. Individuals placed in temporary accommodation who require, and are not currently receiving, further support from a specialist service III. Individuals placed in the City’s temporary assessment service. iv. Individuals who have moved into supported or independent accommodation who need The service will also involve working in close partnership with a range of stakeholders within and outside the City who are able to contribute to the delivery of outputs and objectives and the overall aim of ending rough sleeping. The full requirements of the Service are set out in the procurement documents, particularly the Service Specification - available from: https://www.capitalesourcing.com The duration of the contract is 36 months, subject to the right of the City (at its sole discretion) to exercise its right to extend the contract by up to 24 months. The maximum length of the contract is therefore 60 months subject to performance and funding availability. The estimated total value of the contract is also stated in II.1.5) and II.2.6) of this notice and is for the entire duration, i.e. including the optional extensions. Organisations should be aware that due to the contract value (of the Service), any contract formed as a result of this procurement process shall be executed as a deed. Organisations should seek independent legal advice on the implications of this prior to submitting their tender, where appropriate.

Renewal Options

This will be upon expiry of the contract, subject to funding and internal approvals

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** This tendering exercise is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system 'CapitaleSourcing' (url:www.capitalesourcing.com). Suppliers will need to register an interest on the system in order to participate and registration is free. This is a one stage procurement process; therefore, suppliers will need to register an interest on the system and submit a tender submission no later than 12.00 on 07.07.2022 in order to participate. Tender submissions cannot be uploaded after the return deadline. The estimated value given at II.2.6) is for the full duration of the contract, which is up to 60 months in total. The contracting authority reserves the right at any time to vary the timescales in this notice, cease the procurement process and not award the contract or to award only part of the opportunity described in this notice. If the contracting authority takes up any of these rights then it will not be responsible for, or pay the expenses or losses, which may be incurred by any candidate or tenderer as a result. Economic operators are solely responsible for their costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of their tender submissions and all stages throughout the procurement. Under no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for costs or expense borne by the economic operators. The Service advertised in this notice fall under the services listed in Annex XIV to Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and the contracting authority is not obliged to follow The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in full. The procurement process that will apply to the Service is specified in the procurement documents accordingly. Any questions relating to this procurement must be made via the correspondence area in the Capital eSourcing system.