Award of Transition Service for Young People to St Basils by Birmingham City Council

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Birmingham City Council awarded a contract to St Basils for the provision of a local Transition Service for Young People aged 16-25 who are serially excluded from existing commissioned services due to multiple complexities of their presenting needs.

The service forms part of the Vulnerable Adults Housing and Wellbeing pathway and aims to provide early and targeted support to aid recovery and resilience, with objectives including meeting needs before escalation, avoiding or reducing statutory or higher-cost interventions, improving individual outcomes, and ensuring young people feel valued.

The service delivers person-centred and practical advice and support to help young people sustain accommodation, become and remain safe, improve health and wellbeing outcomes, and achieve housing goals, thereby preventing the need for crisis provision.

It is a citywide service accessible to the identified young people, including those with protected characteristics.

The contract value is £1,599,516 and the contract will last for 4 years unless terminated under the terms and conditions of contract.

The procurement fell under the Light Touch Regime Design Procedure and was based on a 3 Stage process (which may include negotiation), with an initial Selection Stage (due diligence assessment) where suppliers failing this stage were not taken through to the tender evaluation stage.

As the spend falls above the light touch regime threshold, the requirement was advertised with a contract notice as per regulations but conducted under a light touch regime procurement process due to the type of services required.

The contract was awarded to a single provider.