Transitional Housing Approach ( THA)

Transitional Housing Approach ( THA) accommodation based support for Homeless Individuals with Complex Support Needs

Suppliers of supported housing services, as well as providers, investors, and developers of accommodation linked to supported housing services, are invited to participate in an online procurement market engagement consultation event. This event will take place on Thursday, 17th April 2025 3-4.30pm

The procurement is specifically targeted at services for mixed gender homeless individuals with support needs in relation to homelessness including but not limited to physical health, mental health, trauma, substance use, domestic abuse and criminal justice

The engagement is part of Westminster City Council's plan to procure a range of accommodation-based support for homeless vulnerable individuals, in alignment with its forthcoming homelessness strategy and commissioning plan. The procurement process will be conducted under the "Light Touch Regime" as outlined in section 9 Procurement Act 2023

The purpose of this procurement is to commission accommodation-based support services, partially staffed 24/7, with the goal of helping homeless and vulnerable individuals rebuild their lives and transition to sustainable long-term housing.

The newly commissioned Service Providers shall keep the following priorities at the heart of service delivery:

1. An organisational culture which is supportive and empowering to service users and staff

2. Services that value their staff and encourage professional development

3. Improving the lives of vulnerable people in accommodation-based support that is recovery focused, safe, effective and promotes prevention of future homelessness

4. Accommodation which is high-quality and conducive to promoting recovery and personal development using psychologically driven interventions

5. Accommodation based support that is resilient, skilled and collaborative in managing the complexity of support need

6. Innovative approach to sourcing and supporting access to longer-term accommodation opportunities for service users based on assessed need

7. Support providers who place co-production with their residents at the heart of accommodation-based support delivery and development

This prior information notice is not the start of a procurement process and interested provider organisations should note it is neither the intention nor purpose of the engagement events or consultation questionnaire to confer any advantage to participants regarding any future procurement process.