Purpose

This report seeks approval to vary nine
supported accommodation services that encompass the Young
People’s Pathway: 
 

•         
Assessment and Progress Male Only
– Centrepoint Soho

•         
Assessment / Progress Service
Mixed – St Christophers Fellowship

•         
Progress Service medium to high
support – Centrepoint Soho

•         
Progress service low to medium
support – One Housing Group/Riverside

•         
Young Parent High Support Service
– One Housing Group/Riverside

•         
Specialist Mental Health Complex
Needs Service – DePaul

•         
Move Through Service –
Centrepoint Soho

•         
Young Parents Visiting Support
– Centrepoint Soho

•         
Assessment and Progress –
Mixed – Centrepoint Soho
 
The variations are being sought in order to
extend the current contracts until 31st May 2026 and offer an
uplift to the current annual price from 1st April 2025, neither of
which are provided for in the current contracts. The current
contracts end at various times between 30th September 2025 and 31st
January 2026. 
 
Uplifts to the contract prices are being
sought due to the additional pressures suppliers are facing as a
result of contract values having not kept pace with market value,
recent high inflation Consumer Price Index (CPI) being 6.7% in
September 2023, having peaked at 11.1% in October 2022) and the
significant rises in the London Living Wage (LLW) since April
2023.  
 
The services delivered are regularly monitored
against the service specification and key performance
indicators.  
 
In accordance with Contract Standing Orders
(CSO) E2 and F3, the contract variation report will be presented to
Executive Director Children and Learning and where appropriate
either the Director of Finance or the Executive Director of
Corporate Services.
 

Content

That the Executive Director Children and
Learning:
 

1.    
Assessment and Progress Male Only
– Centrepoint Soho
Approves the variation of the contract with
Centrepoint Soho in order to uplift the current contract from
1st
April 2025 AND extend from
1st
November 2025 to
31st
May 2026 at a total cost of
£234,062.50 and grants a waiver, subject to the approval of
the Executive Director Corporate Services, to implement the
variation and extension as neither are permissible under the terms
of the contract as required under CSO E2.2 and in line with CSO
F3.3.
 

2.    
Assessment / Progress Service
Mixed – St Christophers Fellowship
Approves the variation of the contract with St
Christophers Fellowship in order to uplift the current contract
from 1st
April 2025 AND extend from
1st
November 2025 to
31st
May 2026 at a cost of
£339,938 and grants a waiver, subject to the approval of the
Executive Director Corporate Services, to implement the variation
and extension as neither are permissible under the terms of the
contract as required under CSO E2.2 and in line with CSO
F3.3.
 

3.    
Progress Service medium to high
support – Centrepoint Soho
Approves the variation of the contract with
Centrepoint Soho in order to uplift the current contract from
1st
April 2025 AND extend from
1st
February 2026 to
31st
May 2026 at a cost of
£254,433 and grants a waiver, subject to the approval of the
Executive Director Corporate Services, to implement the variation
and variation as neither are permissible under the terms of the
contract as required under CSO E2.2 and in line with CSO
F3.3.
 

4.    
Progress service low to medium
support – One Housing Group (now Riverside Housing
Group)
Approves the variation of the contract with
Riverside in order to uplift the current contract from
1st
April 2025 AND extend from
1st
November 2025 to
31st
May 2026 at a cost of
£249,663 and grants a waiver, subject to the approval of the
Executive Director Corporate Services, to implement the variation
and extension as neither are permissible under the terms of the
contract as required under CSO E2.2 and in line with CSO
F3.3.
 

5.    
Young Parent High Support Service
– One Housing Group (now Riverside Housing Group)
Approves the variation of the contract with
Riverside in order to uplift the current contract from
1st
April 2025 AND extend from
1st
November 2025 to
31st
May 2026 at a cost of
£318,289 and grants a waiver, subject to the approval of the
Executive Director Corporate Services, to implement the variation
and extension as neither are permissible under the terms of the
contract as required under CSO E2.2 and in line with CSO
F3.3
 

6.    
Specialist Mental Health Complex
Needs Service – DePaul
Approves the variation of the contract with
DePaul in order to uplift the current contract from
1st
April 2025 AND extend from
1st
November 2025 to
31st
May 2026 at a cost of
£333,273 and grants a waiver, subject to the approval of the
Executive Director Corporate Services, to implement the variation
and extension as neither are permissible under the terms of the
contract as required under CSO E2.2 and in line with CSO
F3.3.
 

7.    
Move Through Service –
Centrepoint Soho
Approves the variation of the contract with
Centrepoint Soho in order to uplift the current contract from
1st
April 2025 AND extend from
1st
November 2025 to
31st
May 2026 at a cost of
£64,167 and grants a waiver, subject to the approval of the
Director of Finance, to implement the variation and extension as
neither are permissible under the terms of the contract as required
under CSO E2.2 and in line with CSO F3.2.
 

8.    
Young Parents Visiting Support
– Centrepoint Soho
Approves the variation of the contract with
Centrepoint Soho in order to uplift the current contract from 1st
April 2025 AND extend from 1st
January 2026 to
31st
May 2026 at a cost of
£51,775 and grants a waiver, subject to the approval of the
Director of Finance to implement the variation as neither are
permissible under the terms of the contract as required under CSO
E2.2 and in line with CSO F3.2.
 

9.    
Assessment and Progress –
Mixed – Centrepoint Soho
Approves the variation of the contract with
Centrepoint Soho in order to uplift the current contract from
1st
April 2025 AND extend from
1st
October 2025 to
31st
May 2026 at a cost of
£300,688 and grants a waiver, subject to the approval of the
Executive Director Corporate Services, to implement the variation
and extension as neither are permissible under the terms of the
contract as required under CSO E2.2 and in line with CSO
F3.3.
 
That the Executive Director Corporate Services
approves the waivers to vary and extend each contract further to
Recommendations 1-6 and 9.
 
the Director of Finance approves the waivers
to vary and extend each contract further to Recommendations 7 and
8.