Purpose

Direct Award

Decision

Approved a direct award to Single Homeless Project (SHP) 01741926 to provide accommodation based support for young people aged 16-24, including care leavers and Children In Our Care (CIOC).

Noted that a contract to the Single Homeless Project (Company number: 01741926) was awarded from 1st September 2025 to the date of this report without compliance with the CSOs.

As permitted under CSO 22.3.1 agreed that the direct award can be made to the value of £1,506,532.50 over a 18 month period, from the date of this report to 28th February 2027.

Noted that the request to offer a direct award to SHP for 18 months  due to SHP being the only identified provider able to deliver the service at the current time and to allow sufficient time for the Housing Commissioning Team, to carry out a full review of the Young People’s supported Housing Pathway, including a comprehensive Needs Analysis, in partnership with Children’s Services, and to design and re-tender for new contracts to deliver an improved service for Young People who are homeless or in housing need.