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Report CS17132A

The Care Services Portfolio Holder introduced a report providing an overview of the tendering process for the Statutory Homelessness Reviews Service.

Homeless households had a statutory right to a review of decisions made by the Local Authority in respect of applications for accommodation and accommodation offered under the provisions of the Housing Act 1996, and for these reviews to be conducted by someone independent of the original decision and sufficiently senior to the person making the original decision.  Recent legislation and case law findings had led to a significant increase in the number of reviews being undertaken and it had identified that there was insufficient in-house capacity to meet the current level of statutory review investigations.  The tendering process for Statutory Homelessness Reviews had been undertaken in accordance with the Local Authority’s financial and contractual requirements.  A total of three bids were received, and the tender prices were evaluated based on the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy Evaluation Model using a 20% track record, 20% service outcomes, 20% data protection, 15% enabling service user involvement, 15% reporting procedures and 10% training split.

RESOLVED that the Council’s Executive be recommended to note the Part 1 (Public) Information Report when considering the recommendations in the Part 2 (Exempt) Information Report to award the contract.