Shared Accommodation Services for Children in Care and Care Leavers

Concepts

• housing services
• accommodation services
• shared accommodation services for children in care and care leavers
• shared accommodation service
• maidstone
• shared accommodation service for children in care and care leavers
• service users
• care leavers
• care
• children

Location

Maidstone

Description

The Shared Accommodation service for Children in Care and Care Leavers is to provide a full range of stable, safe, well maintained accommodation for Service Users nominated by the Council. Shared Accommodation in the context is residential property units to accommodate individual young people. The service has 3 main aspects; 1 Accommodation Brokerage 2 Property and Facilities Management 3 Move In Arrangements

Total Quantity or Scope

Property only county wide model. Cohort 16-21 year old young people children in care and care leavers. Quantity is based on demand.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 70333000 - Housing services

Indicators

Legal Justification

The Shared Accommodation contract is due to expire on the 31 October 2022. KCC has a statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of Kent Children in Care and ensure best value for money it spends on behalf of the Kent population. It also has a statutory responsibility to ensure there is safe and sufficient accommodation for Children in Care. There is no provision in the contract to extend. Following full analysis of the provision data, market position and engagement with key stakeholders, a Business Case and Commissioning Plan were developed and were due to proceed with Governance in January 2022. However, the announcement by Ofsted in December 2021 to require regulation in a previously unregulated accommodation market has significantly impacted the proposed direction of travel. This will require a full tender exercise in 2022/23 with an award in April 2023.