Tender: Health, Wellbeing and Night Hub Services including Safe Night Hub and 10 Dispersed Supported Properties – Durham County Council

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Durham County Council is seeking a supplier for the Health, Wellbeing and Night Hub, including the Safe Night Hub, Integrated Support Hub and 10 dispersed supported accommodation properties. The main service must operate from a single premises able to deliver wrap-around support, and the contract includes 10 dispersed supported accommodation properties to be used as a step-down pathway from the Night Hub. The service aims to prevent discharge to the street for eligible adults, provide immediate short-term step-down support after hospital discharge, identify housing needs early and support move-on solutions, and support access to services such as housing and homelessness services, welfare and financial support, GP registration and health appointments; it also aims to reduce rough sleeping and repeat homelessness and improve engagement with statutory and voluntary services. Funding for these services relies on the Council's core budget and The Homeless Prevention Funding and may be uncertain over the contract term; the Council may modify services, apply inflationary uplifts, alter the specification in response to new legislation or changes in funding, or approach other bidders if a contract is terminated. Further specification details are set out in Document 3A Specification available at www.open-uk.org.