Decision details

RESOLVED:

To award Agudas Israel Housing Association (AIHA) a contract to deliver the Orthodox Jewish mental health accommodation based support service for a term of two years. This follows a direct negotiation as approved by the Committee in September 2018.

REASONS FOR DECISION/OPTIONS APPRAISAL

The report seeks to gain approval for the award of a contract following a direct

negotiation process which was approved by the Cabinet Procurement Committee in September 2018.

This award is in relation to Key Decision CACH P9, Recommendation 2: ‘Agree to the competitive procurement, with multiple lots, for a mental health accommodation based housing related support pathway. The term of contract will be 5 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years (5 +1 +1 years). The annual contract value is £1.2m; equivalent to a total contract value of £8.4m with some additional East London Foundation Trust (ELFT) funding, the value of which is to be confirmed. This will include direct negotiation of a contract for mental health accommodation based housing related support specifically for the Orthodox Jewish community. On completion of the negotiation, a Single Tender Action will be submitted to the Cabinet Procurement Committee for approval’.

The service will provide culturally specific housing related support to people from the Orthodox Jewish community and who have been referred by the mental health housing panel.

The service will be flexible and responsive to the multiple needs of service users with diagnosed mental health problem and some of who may also:

? Have very chaotic lifestyles, including those displaying anti-social behaviour;

? People at risk of offending;

? People with substance misuse issues who may or may not be engaging with substance misuse services;

? People with such needs may occasionally engage in illegal activity and the service is expected to work with the police and probation to explore enforcement options where appropriate.