GMCA 1386 - Greater Manchester Housing First and Rough Sleepers Accommodation Programme

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£12,806,000

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  • Health and social work services

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  • award

Submission Deadline

8 months ago

Published

5 months ago

Description

In 2019 the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) commissioned programme of three pilots with Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Liverpool City Region and West Midlands Combined to pilot the large-scale delivery of Housing First in England.\r
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The service is for people who have multiple and complex needs who have experienced long term recurrent periods of homelessness and exclusion from services leading to them having difficulties in finding and sustaining suitable accommodation.\r
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The pilot has now been delivered for 6 years supporting 568 people to date across the 10 Greater Manchester Local Authorities. GMCA were successful in competitive bidding processes to secure Rough Sleeper Accommodation Programme (RSAP) properties across Greater Manchester, there will be a maximum of 58 properties in this contract.\r
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This tender is to procure a Housing First and RSAP services for a further 12 months (with option to extend for a further 3x12 months) to continue to support those individuals on the programmes including housing those that are yet to secure a permanent offer of accommodation. \r
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Further details can be found in the tender pack uploaded on The Chest.\r

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Greater Manchester Combined Authority

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Drita Bamkallari

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+44 1234

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