Contract Modification Notice for the Rough Sleeping Outreach Service

Contracts

• The Provision of a Rough Sleeping Outreach Service · Thames Reach Charity

  Signed

  1 Nov 2020

  Value

  £2,330,992

  Status

  active

  • Change Earlier Modifications since the Contract was concluded As provided for within the original Notice number 2019/S 246-606364 and notice reference 2019-042892, the City, as the Contracting Authority, reserved the right to extend, and vary the contract to include additional funding and service deliverables. Since the contract was entered into, it has been varied within the permitted scope of Regulation 72 (1) (a) and 72 (1) (e) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 to take on board the following:- • Additional RSI funding the Contracting Authority received in April 2021 to supplement the contract with additional Outreach resource, and the addition of a Mobile Intervention Support Team (MIST) Service. • Continuation of the Outreach service in April 2022, and additional RSI funding to spot purchase accommodation for street homeless clients in periods of extreme cold weather. • In April 2023 an extension of the MIST Service. • Extension of the contract for one year with effect from the 1st November 2023 and to vary the contract to include additional RSI funding received, and additional winter support. All the Earlier Modifications have been within the permitted scope of both Regulations 72 (1) (a) and 72 (1) ( e ), and therefore there was no need for the Contracting Authority to publish an earlier Modification Notice. All Earlier Modifications are within the value of the estimated budget for the Service set out in the original Notice. Latest Modification Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee (Art. 43(1)(c) of Directive 2014/23/EU, Art. 72(1)(c) of Directive 2014/24/EU, Art. 89(1)(c) of Directive 2014/25/EU) Abnormally high UK inflation in the period following the COVID lockdown, exacerbated by international events caused a cost of living crisis affecting all parts of the UK. Due to this crisis, our providers agreed to pay awards for their employees to partly meet the increases in elements such as utilities, rent, mortgage rates and food. At the time the tender was submitted for the contract, the implications of the cost of living crisis could not have been foreseen by the bidders., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: Cost of living increase for the financial year 2024/2025 following provider pay award.

Dispute resolution & review bodies

• High Court, Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London