North Northamptonshire Council have direct awarded via the ESPO Consultancy Services Framework 664_25 for a qualified and experienced provider who will work with the Council to produce an ambitious, innovative and deliverable Supported Housing Strategy and Delivery Plan for North Northamptonshire Council.

The appointed consultancy will be required to: • Produce an ambitious, innovative and deliverable Supported Housing Strategy and Delivery Plan for North Northamptonshire Council. • Identify how supported housing can contribute to meeting future housing, health, wellbeing, social care, children's services and community needs across North Northamptonshire. • Provide a comprehensive assessment of current supported housing provision, accommodation pathways, housing-related support services and future requirements. • Identify unmet need, service gaps, emerging demand pressures and opportunities for improvement across the supported housing system. • Develop a clear framework for stimulating market development, commissioning activity and investment, including consideration of alternative, innovative and emerging models of supported housing and housing-related support. • Set out how North Northamptonshire Council can use its role as Strategic Housing Authority, commissioner, place shaper and strategic partner to influence, enable and accelerate the delivery of supported housing provision. • Review how planning policy, regeneration programmes, housing growth, strategic assets, partnership arrangements and external funding opportunities can support future supported housing ambitions. • Explore opportunities to strengthen accommodation and support pathways, improve prevention and early intervention, reduce homelessness and support residents to achieve and maintain independence. • Consider opportunities to support key cohorts including care leavers, young people at risk of homelessness, older people, people with learning disabilities, autistic residents, people with physical disabilities, people experiencing poor mental health, victims and survivors of domestic abuse, veterans, people experiencing multiple disadvantage and other vulnerable households requiring housing-related support. • Identify opportunities for integrated housing, support and community-based models that support wider Council objectives, including independent living, move-on accommodation, homelessness prevention, community wellbeing and stronger links between housing, health and support provision. • Develop a Supported Housing Strategic Opportunities Framework that identifies practical and deliverable opportunities for future growth, service innovation, partnership working and improved resident outcomes. • Produce a Governance and Strategic Leadership Framework that establishes clear accountability, partnership arrangements, performance management arrangements and oversight mechanisms for implementation of the Strategy. • Develop a comprehensive Supported Housing Delivery Plan containing clear priorities, actions, milestones, responsibilities, timescales, resource requirements and performance measures. • Assess the financial implications and opportunities arising from the Strategy, including commissioning priorities, investment requirements, external funding opportunities, resource implications and the potential impact on Council services and medium-term financial planning.

Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)

Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition The contract was awarded under the terms of the ESPO Framework Agreement. A direct award was made under the ESPO framework (664_25 CONSULTANCY SERVICES), which was established in compliance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

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