Decision details

We have received Rough Sleeper Initiative funding for the period 2022-2025 and have identified the interventions we would like to continue to provide as core services.

It has been decided to make a contract award for Mental Health services

Mental Health Provision contract value £92,100 01/04/2023-31/03/2024.

A decision has been made to waive the market testing required by Contract Standing Orders and direct award to the mental health service provided by the NHS via Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT), as they are the only local mental health trust and there is no other provider able to deliver the same level of service. Having services embedded in the Trust enables referrals to other mental health services, access to treatment and health records.

Alternative options considered and why rejected:

The alternative would be to discontinue the interventions and remove them from the RSI bid for 22-25 which would be detrimental to the outcomes for rough sleepers. Ending or reducing expert support in mental health could lead to increase in evictions and numbers sleeping rough.