A Meet the Buyer's Webinar event has been scheduled for the Rough Sleeping, Support and Accommodation services.

The council would like to share the upcoming plans for the Council's Rough Sleeping, Accommodation and Associated Services procurement, and the planned imminent market test with providers.

It is intended the service will be procured this financial year with a contract start date of 1st July 2021.

This is not an invitation to tender.

We are inviting individual organisations, partnerships or consortia to attend this Meet the Buyer's Event.

Service Commissioners will provide a webinar to update the market about the strategic vision and invite organisations to take part in a Market Test exercise.

Details of organisations attending the Events will be shared with everyone attending as well as published with Invitation to Tender documents.

This is to allow organisations an opportunity to network and/or form partnerships in order to provide the Council's Supported Living and associated services.

Organisations will also be given the opportunity to ask commissioners any questions.

If organisations have any immediate questions then please contact Saleena Sreedharan (details below) and the commissioners can address this at the Event.

All questions and answers will be shared with attendees of the Events.

This Event will be followed by a Market Test exercise.

It is intended that organisation's with relevant experience return a completed questionnaire.

Organisations are encouraged to attend the meetings with potential collaborative Partner's to discuss the solutions they currently offer and some of the challenges they come across.

The Service is under increasing budgetary pressure and is keen to explore how providers secure additional funds.

We are looking to achieve a service model that will provide positive, realistic and achievable outcomes for the service users.

The market Test will inform the Service Specification and key outcomes as well as the procurement process.

Estimated Value TBC Description of the procurement: The Council intends the contract to commence on 1st July 2021 and is considering a three year contract with an extension of up to two years.

You are invited to attend a Meet the Buyer webinar event to be held as follows: - Friday 18 September 10:30am to 12 noon - Please complete the registration form and return to Saleena Sreedharan Saleena.Sreedharan@newham.gov.uk by 5pm Wednesday 16 September 2020 It is anticipated that the tender will be published by December 2020 through www.capitalesourcing.com