Contract award · 1 Apr 2020

Urban Outreach and Response Service

Liverpool City Council awarded “Urban Outreach and Response Service” to The Whitechapel Centre for £1.19m on 1 Apr 2020. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionHealth & social careNorth West

Value £1.19m
WinnerThe Whitechapel Centre SME

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

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Key facts

Buyer
Liverpool City Council · Regional or local authority
Value
£1,185,936
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date1 Apr 2020
  2. Published5 Feb 2021Published 310 days after the contract date

Description

This is a 12 month contract for the provision of support to individuals involved with street based lifestyles such as rough sleeping and street drinking. The purpose of this service is to provide a range of support to people engaged in or at risk of rough sleeping and associated activities such as street drinking and begging. This support will include the delivery of Assertive Outreach on the street and other settings where individuals at risk of rough sleeping, street drinking and begging may be located. It also includes the delivery of 24 hour onsite support for people at risk of rough sleeping who have been placed into an emergency accommodation solution as an interim to them moving into more settled accommodation

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