Issue - meetings

Cllr Carole Allaway Martin sought Cabinet approval to exercise the first 2-year option to extend the existing Community and Accommodation Based Support (CABS) call-off contracts described in Appendix 1 following the expiry of their initial 3-year terms on 31st March 2023.

Having considered all of the information, Cabinet noted the report and

RESOLVED to:

Approve a 2-year extension to the term of the council’s call-off contracts described in Appendix 1 under the council’s Multi Provider Framework Agreement for the provision of Community and Accommodation Based Support Services for Homelessness and People in Vulnerable Circumstances that was awarded pursuant to a decision by Cabinet dated 30th January 2019. Such extensions shall commence on 1st April 2023 and be effected in accordance with the extension option provisions of such call-off contracts.

Cllr Carole Allaway Martin sought Cabinet approval to exercise the first 2-year option to extend the existing Community and Accommodation Based Support (CABS) call-off contracts described in Appendix 1 following the expiry of their initial 3-year terms on 31st March 2023.

The Community and Accommodation Based Support (CABS) Framework was established in 2019. Community and Accommodation Based Support contracts were ‘called off’ the CABS Framework in April 2020 for a term of three years in the first instance with options to extend for a further two periods of two years each.

The Council was seeking to action the first two-year extension period which would run between April 2023 and March 2025. The combined value of the contracts was £6,285,833. 

Community Based Support Services assisted people in any form of accommodation and across a continuum of need from early intervention and prevention through to intensive support for people in crisis with high level and complex needs. Accommodation Based Support provided short term accommodation for homeless individuals who had a range of complex needs. On-site support enabled individuals to develop the living skills to enable them to move on to live independently in the community.

CABS services supported the countywide homelessness pathway and help to prevent escalation of need and unplanned demand on services such as children and adult social care and mental health.  They also contributed to the county’s Ending Rough Sleeping Plan 2022 – 2025. Rough Sleeping numbers have fallen by around 50% since 2019.

Having considered all of the information, Cabinet noted the report and

RESOLVED to:

Approve a 2-year extension to the term of the council’s call-off contracts described in Appendix 1 under the council’s Multi Provider Framework Agreement for the provision of Community and Accommodation Based Support Services for Homelessness and People in Vulnerable Circumstances that was awarded pursuant to a decision by Cabinet dated 30th January 2019. Such extensions shall commence on 1st April 2023 and be effected in accordance with the extension option provisions of such call-off contracts.