Provision of supported accommodation for single homeless people, rough sleepers and people at risk of rough sleeping (Clare House)

Overview

Kirklees Council are looking to procure a housing related support service for Single Homeless, Rough Sleepers and those at risk of rough sleeping in a Homeless Place of Change Accommodation setting. The Service will be required to meet the needs of Service User with complex needs, who are most marginalised from society and disengaged from statutory or voluntary agencies who are able to provide the help and support they require. The Service will involve the provision of supported accommodation services constantly throughout the Contract Period and equip Service Users with the necessary skills to move on to independent living. The site of the supported accommodation (the "Premises") will be at Clare House, 19 Clare Hill, Huddersfield HD1 5BS. The successful Service Provider will be expected to enter into a management agreement with the Landlord of the Residence to carry out Housing Management functions, such as completing tenancy agreements, collection of rent and making day to day repairs. This agreement will also include the Service Provider's license to operate within the Residence. The Service Provider will receive a predetermined fee from the landlord for carrying out this function. The Premises will provide 22 units of en-suite accommodation with communal and training facilities over 3 floors. These will be in clusters of four units around a communal kitchen and living area for each cluster. Two of the en-suite units will be available for use as "crash pads" for accommodating emergency referrals to prevent rough sleeping. One of the cluster units on the ground floor will be wheelchair accessible. The Premises will be staffed 24 hours a day with office space and interview rooms, a medical room for specialist interventions by health care services and an IT suite. 3 flexible training spaces (capable of becoming one big space) will provide facilities for various support activities, skills development and one off intervention services, and also to accommodate winter/bad weather habitual rough sleepers. A large storage void is provided in the basement. A workshop accessible from the outside is available for targeted training in practical work-based skills. A communal laundry and training kitchen is also provided, as well as a smoking shelter and dog kennels in the gardens. The Premises is spread over a lower ground floor (rear garden level), upper ground floor (street level) and a first floor, with communal facilities on the upper ground floor (street level). These facilities will also be available to specified clients outside the project, and to external agencies to use for the benefit of preventing homelessness and enabling change. The building will be access controlled via a thumb print reader system to control access into the various areas. The Landlord of the Premises is Home Group, a registered society under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (registered number 22981R) and with the Regulator of Social Housing (No. L3076). The anticipated commencement date for the Contract is 1st November 2026. The anticipated expiry date for the Contract is 31st October 2031, with the option to extend for a further five (5) x twelve (12) months to 31st October 2036. The estimated value of the Support Service to be awarded is approximately £366,498 per annum, exclusive of Value Added Tax