Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Children, Education and Young People’s Services

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/147

Contact: Caroline Kelly, Lead Commissioner, Start Well

(Caroline.Kelly@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

Report by Director of Children’s Services (CMDCEYPS5)

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

a) Agree the commissioning and procurement of the Supported Accommodation Service for Young People aged 18-25 at Risk of Homelessness service and to Award a Contract using a grant awarded by the Department of Levelling Up Housing and Communities (DLUHC).

b) Delegate authority to the Director for Children’s Services, in consultation with the Head of Procurement and Contract Management, to award a Contract with a value of up to £400,000 per annum for the support element of a Supported Accommodation Service for Young People aged 18-25 at Risk of Homelessness service for a term of 3 years following a successful procurement process.

The Chair introduced the item to the meeting.

Officers noted that the target was to have the scheme up and running by April 2025.

Following a question from the Chair regarding the slight delay to the scheme, officers confirmed that this was due to changing providers.

Officers noted that the effectiveness of the scheme would be reviewed.

The Chair thanked officers and agreed to the recommendations in the report.

RESOLVED to:

a)     Agree the commissioning and procurement of the Supported Accommodation Service for Young People aged 18-25 at Risk of Homelessness service and to Award a Contract using a grant awarded by the Department of Levelling Up Housing and Communities (DLUHC).

b)     Delegate authority to the Director for Children’s Services, in consultation with the Head of Procurement and Contract Management, to award a Contract with a value of up to £400,000 per annum for the support element of a Supported Accommodation Service for Young People aged 18-25 at Risk of Homelessness service for a term of 3 years following a successful procurement process.