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This is not an invitation to tender. Havering currently has circa 200 Ukrainian Refugees, around half of whom are women and half of whom are children. There are also circa 250 asylum seekers housed within a contingency hotel, all of which are adult males. One of the priority health needs for this cohort, is the provision of a mental health and wellbeing support service. This cohort tends to display symptoms of PTSD, depression and anxiety at levels far greater than the general population. This is often due to the severe trauma they have experienced or witnessed before arriving in the UK but can sometimes be due to what they experience whilst here. Asylum seekers and refugees are some of the poorest and most marginalised in society, arriving in a new country and navigating the healthcare landscape can be challenging, being able to travel to health & wellbeing services located throughout the borough can become an impossible ask for many as they simply do not have the financial means to get to all available services. There is also a significant lack of understanding and trust in mental health services amongst this cohort and a subsequent reluctance to seek mental health support. This is principally due to how mental health is often perceived in their countries of origin, which tends to still elicit a fearful response when reference is made to referring into our mental health services. This has led to extremely poor uptake and engagement with existing mental health services amongst asylum seekers and refugees. A number of asylum seekers have indicated that they also fear seeking such support may negatively impact their asylum applications. Unlike neighbouring boroughs, such as Redbridge and Waltham Forest, Havering does not have a mental health service that is bespoke for refugees. Like most London boroughs, we are seeing an increase in the number of asylum seekers and refugees. A specialist asylum seeker and refugee mental health service is therefore needed to provide parity between Havering and neighbouring boroughs, but also, the skilled expertise of clinical psychologists that are trained to deal with such cases is a current gap in service provision for Havering. Having an outreach element is vitally important to the service we are looking to launch, as we want our clinical psychologists to be on site, operating from locations that are easiest for asylum seekers and refugees to access. This removes the transport barriers that currently act as blockers to accessing wider mental health services, allows clinicians to be seen to build trust and rapport with our asylum seekers and refugees, so that they feel better able to access services and can better understand the support available. Please see additional information for description continued. Additional information: Description Continued: It will be important that any potential provider has: • clinical psychologists that are appropriately trained to deal with mental health issues expressed by both adult and children asylum seekers and refugees. • Be willing to operate an outreach model, and provide 1 to 1 and group therapy sessions on site from locations that are easy to access for our asylum seeker and refugee population • Have access to interpreters from a broad range of languages • Access patient records to ensure full visibility of a patients history • Have knowledge of existing mental health services that are available for Havering residents The project will operate initially as a pilot for a minimum of 12 months If this is a service you are interested in potentially providing, then please complete the feedback form which provides you with the opportunity to answer and ask questions.

Smoking remains the leading preventable cause of premature mortality and ill health with the biggest inequality impact amongst people with severe mental illnesses (SMI). Smokers with SMI are more nicotine dependent, more likely to develop smoking-related illnesses and die, on average, 10 - 20 years earlier than the general population. Smoking has been identified as the single largest cause of the life expectancy gap within this group with estimates of 50% of deaths in people with SMI attributable to smoking (Callaghan, 2014). The Stop Smoking Service for people with Serious Mental Illness will be a pilot service for 18 months. This is expected to be an innovative service providing a range of interventions to maximise opportunity for people with SMI to either quit smoking or reduce the number of cigarettes smoked. We recognise that one provider may not be able to provide all the elements required for this service as detailed below and we therefore encourage collaboration between providers especially where one provider has more experience in one area such as group support sessions for people with SMI. We would therefore like to hear from potential providers interested in exploring a new approach to delivering this service either on their own or in conjunction with another provider. Suitably qualified providers are invited to express an interest by completing the attached market test form and returning to Paul Cosen via paul.cosen@havering.gov.uk by midday on 28th August 2023. This is not an invitation to tender. However, we are planning to host an online market engagement event during September, date to be confirmed. Please advise us of your interest to attend and we will send an invite. Please see attached document "Stop Smoking Service Information" for what the service will provide and outcomes to be measured. Additional information: Suitably qualified providers are invited to express an interest by completing the attached market test form and returning to Paul Cosen via paul.cosen@havering.gov.uk by midday on 28th August 2023. This is not an invitation to tender. However, we are planning to host an online market engagement event during September, date to be confirmed. Please advise us of your interest to attend and we will send an invite.

Havering's Reablement service focuses on supporting residents to regain skills and confidence to enable them to remain living independently or with less support in their own home following a hospital admission. The service operates under the 'Home First' model which means their care and support needs are assessed by the provider in their own home as opposed to the acute hospital setting. The Home First model reduces the level of assessment in an acute setting, ensuring no decisions about long term care are made whilst the person is in an acute setting. This includes decisions about residential care. We would like to hear from potential providers interested in delivering a reablement service in Havering, to inform the planning of our procurement process. If you are interested in this opportunity and would like to find out more, please join our Market Supplier Engagement Meeting on Thursday 27th July 2023 at 2pm to 3pm via Microsoft Teams: Please complete the registration form and return by 5pm Tuesday 25th July, so a link to the meeting can be sent to you. This is not an invitation to tender.

Havering's Reablement service focuses on supporting residents to regain skills and confidence to enable them to remain living independently or with less support in their own home following a hospital admission. The service operates under the 'Home First' model which means their care and support needs are assessed by the provider in their own home as opposed to the acute hospital setting. The Home First model reduces the level of assessment in an acute setting, ensuring no decisions about long term care are made whilst the person is in an acute setting. This includes decisions about residential care. We would like to hear from potential providers interested in delivering a reablement service in Havering, to inform the planning of our procurement process. If you are interested in this opportunity and would like to find out more, please join our Market Supplier Engagement Meeting on Thursday 27th July 2023 at 2pm to 3pm via Microsoft Teams: Please complete the registration form and return by 5pm Tuesday 25th July, so a link to the meeting can be sent to you. This is not an invitation to tender.

Havering Council intend to commence a tender exercise for the award of a multi supplier framework agreement for the supply of catering disposables to a number of local authorities who provide in house school catering services. This agreement will be made available to member of the Procurement Across London (PAL) catering group who consist of five East London and Essex local authorities.

Havering Council intend to commence a tender exercise for the award of a multi supplier framework agreement for the supply of fresh fruit and vegetables to a number of local authorities who provide in house school catering services. This agreement will be made available to member of the Procurement Across London (PAL) catering group who consist of five East London and Essex local authorities.

Shared Lives contract helps people to live at the heart of their communities, as part of an ordinary household; living independently, but not alone. The contract will provide the provision of: • Long-term accommodation and support • Short term respite services • Day support for people with eligible needs for adult social care or for those who self -fund their care services. The service will be responsible for the recruitment, and ongoing support as a result of employment, of Shared Lives carers. The service will be provided to Havering residents aged over 16. The service will need to be operating as an existing, established Shared Lives Scheme registered with Shared Lives Plus to provide Shared Lives services in line with best practice guidance and the Care Quality Commission, which inspects the service and assesses whether it meets the mandatory regulations assessed and that the service is: • Safe • Effective • Caring • Responsive • Well-led The service will take the responsibility for CQC regulation on behalf of the Shared Lives carers. We would like to hear from potential providers interested in delivering these services, to inform the planning of our procurement process. Suitably qualified providers are invited to express an interest by completing the attached market test form and returning to Laura Wheatley via laura.wheatley@havering.gov.uk by midday on Friday 30th June 2023 at 12 noon This is not an invitation to tender

Shared Lives contract helps people to live at the heart of their communities, as part of an ordinary household; living independently, but not alone. The contract will provide the provision of: • Long-term accommodation and support • Short term respite services • Day support for people with eligible needs for adult social care or for those who self -fund their care services. The service will be responsible for the recruitment, and ongoing support as a result of employment, of Shared Lives carers. The service will be provided to Havering residents aged over 16. The service will need to be operating as an existing, established Shared Lives Scheme registered with Shared Lives Plus to provide Shared Lives services in line with best practice guidance and the Care Quality Commission, which inspects the service and assesses whether it meets the mandatory regulations assessed and that the service is: • Safe • Effective • Caring • Responsive • Well-led The service will take the responsibility for CQC regulation on behalf of the Shared Lives carers. We would like to hear from potential providers interested in delivering these services, to inform the planning of our procurement process. Suitably qualified providers are invited to express an interest by completing the attached market test form and returning to Laura Wheatley via laura.wheatley@havering.gov.uk by midday on Friday 30th June 2023 at 12 noon This is not an invitation to tender

LBH has partnered with health to seek a provider to deliver a preventative offer for people with Autism and LD to reduce demand on statutory services. This contract will be a total length of 3 years with a possible 1-year extension. This must be an all-age offer to complement our recently published All-Age Autism Strategy 2023-25. We are looking to commission a preventative contract to reduce demand for statutory services for Autism and other related conditions. It is envisaged that the service will be split into a pre and post-diagnostic offer to mirror the clinical ASD pathway to ensure a holistic approach to an individual's diagnosis journey. This will include developing professional working groups to escalate cases to prevent crisis interventions and monitor demand with various health colleagues. The contract will strongly focus on partnership working with health, schools, and social care to get the best outcomes for those seeking/being diagnosed with Autism and/or a learning disability. The aim is to help individuals set achievable goals and increase their independence and self-management. We will require this support to be delivered from an identified location(s) in Havering and are open to discussions on any suggested venues. For more information please contact - Sophie Barron via Sophie.Barron@havering.gov.uk Additional information: The Fusion Supplier Self-Service portal can be found at: https://elyq.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/fscmUI/faces/PrcPosRegisterSupplier?prcBuId=300000002089195 It is imperative that suppliers read all guidance documents on: • How to register as a supplier for the tender • How to submit a bid for the tender Please access the guidance documents via: https://www.newham.gov.uk/council/procurement---buy/2

The London Borough of Havering (the Council) is commissioning) is commissioning a Young Carers Support Service for up to 7 years (5 years contract with possible 24-month extension). The Council's intention is to support Havering Carers and increase community resilience to help people to look after themselves.

The London Borough of Havering (the Council) is commissioning) is commissioning a Young Carers Support Service for up to 7 years (5 years contract with possible 24-month extension). The Council's intention is to support Havering Carers and increase community resilience to help people to look after themselves. A suitable provider would be required to deliver the service to Young Carers living in Havering who are taking on caring responsibilities for a family with a long-term illness, disability, mental health or substance misuse issue. Commencement date for this contract is 1st December 2023

As outlined in the Joint Health & Well Being Strategy 2019/20 - 2023/24, Havering_Council_Health_and_Wellbeing_Strategy 2020.pdf the Council's vision is that everyone in Havering enjoys a long and healthy life, and has access to the best health and care services. For Extra Care housing, the Council's vision is for quality housing for older people who wish to live independently with high quality care and support services that promote well-being, meet individual needs, lifestyles and inclusive communities. The London Borough of Havering (the Council) is commissioning a Care & Well-Being Support Service in the borough's three Extra Care Schemes for a three year contract (+1 year plus 1 year extension option) with a commencement date of 1st December 2023. Whilst Providers will be familiar with the term 'care' (i.e. refers to the care service users receive directly), the term 'well-being support' widens the work associated with housing related support (further detail in Section 6.3). The Council is seeking to commission one provider to deliver this service across the three Extra Care schemes in Havering to deliver efficiencies.

As outlined in the Joint Health & Well Being Strategy 2019/20 - 2023/24, Havering_Council_Health_and_Wellbeing_Strategy 2020.pdf the Council's vision is that everyone in Havering enjoys a long and healthy life, and has access to the best health and care services. For Extra Care housing, the Council's vision is for quality housing for older people who wish to live independently with high quality care and support services that promote well-being, meet individual needs, lifestyles and inclusive communities.

Havering Council is seeking a concessionaire to update and modernise its existing street furniture advertising estate, maximise income and manage the type and nature of advertisements seen in the borough. The Council is considering a 7 year contract with a 3 year extension option. We anticipiate the opportunity will be published week commencing 22nd May 2023 through the Council's e-Tendering System called Oracle Fusion; https://www.havering.gov.uk/info/20071/doing_business_with_us/387/how_we_buy/2 Suppliers will need to register on the system in order to express their interest in the tender and participate in the competitive exercise. Please note registration is free.

Havering Council wishes to conduct market engagement with relevant service providers in relation to its parking service and invite the market to an informal supplier event to provide information that will inform and shape future service provision. The Council wishes to engage in discussions with service providers on advancement in technology and developments and innovation in parking that may contribute to wider Council strategies and the potential solutions that the market could offer. The Council would also use this engagement to explore potential areas for consideration for future procurements for these services. The following service areas are being considered: On and Off Street parking and traffic enforcement CCTV reviewing Cashless parking services Penalty Charge Notice and back office processing Enforcement Agencies Suspensions and associated services Vehicle removals Car park management P&D machine maintenance Permit and visitor voucher administration The events will take place between 27 and 31 March. The Council will confirm the schedule later and will depend upon the number of suppliers that would like to attend. The session will be via Teams and start with a 20-minute presentation followed by a 1-hour Q & A session where the discussion will based on those areas set out below. As this is an informal session, there is scope to deviate from the questions depending on the responses and discussion on the day. Please contact Mel Gadd mel.gadd@havering.gov.uk by midday on Friday 17 March to register your interest in attending. Agenda 20-minute presentation to include: • Range of services and experience for current/previous contracts and how this would be relevant to the range of services required for those listed above. • Innovation and efficiency savings that could be achieved across these services • Environment and Social Value aspects 1-hour Q & A session 1. Please provide details of any other Council where you provide any of these services. 2. Please consider the services above and comment on your suitability to deliver these and demonstrate your previous experience of doing so. 3. Please advise what you consider the optimum contract term including optional extensions for you to invest in this opportunity. 4. Please indicate the optimum cost/quality split and preferred pricing mechanism for any contract. 5. Please indicate if it would be your intention to subcontract any of these services. 6. Please indicate your view on incentive-based contracts including the measurement of Key Performance Indicator's and default deductions. 7. Please indicate based on forthcoming and concurrent opportunities whether any Havering procurement would be a priority for your company. 8. Please indicate what you feel would be the key contractual risks to any procurement. 9. Please indicate what you feel would be the most advantageous procurement procedure for these services and your view of subdivision into lots. Disclaimer: This is not a full procurement exercise and London Borough of Havering does not in any way commit itself to conducting one now or in the future. This information does not, and will not, form any part of any subsequent contract between the Council and any future Provider. The Council may go out to procurement for the Services in the future. However, the issue of completing this questionnaire, nor any of the information presented within the questions, should be regarded as either a commitment or representation on the part of the Council to go out to procurement or to enter into any future contractual arrangement. Please note that whether you participate in this exercise or not, it will not have any bearing on you being part of any future procurement exercise or additional market testing, should the Council decide to pursue it. This is Without Prejudice to any future procurement opportunities with LB Havering.

Our Highways Planned Maintenance and Street Lighting, contracts are expiring at the end of March 2024. We would like to invite the market to an informal supplier event to carry out market engagement to provide information that will inform and shape future service provision. The following service areas are being considered: Planned Highways maintenance Reactive Highways maintenance Street Lighting & associated Services Gully Cleansing Winter Maintenance New schemes - minor New Schemes - major Sign & Lining Installation of equipment/infrastructure on the public highway and off street Structures and Bridges Flood management and drainage maintenance Emergency - out of hours call outs Call off for Professional Services The events will be held between 6 and 10 March 2023. The schedule will be confirmed later and will depend upon the number of suppliers that would like to attend. The session will be via Teams and start with a 20-minute presentation followed by a 1-hour Q & A session where the questions will be based on those set out below. As this is an informal session there is scope to deviate from the questions depending on the responses and discussion on the day. Please contact Mel Gadd: mel.gadd@havering.gov.uk by midday on Friday 24 February 2023 to register your interest in attending. This is not a full procurement exercise and London Borough of Havering does not in any way commit itself to conducting one now or in the future. This information does not, and will not, form any part of any subsequent contract between the Council and any future Provider. The Council may go out to procurement for the Services in the future. However, neither the issue of completing this questionnaire, nor any of the information presented within the questions, should be regarded as a commitment or representation on the part of the Council to go out to procurement or to enter into any future contractual arrangement. Please note that whether you participate in this exercise or not, it will not have any bearing on you being part of any future procurement exercise or additional market testing, should the Council decide to pursue it. This is Without Prejudice to any future procurement opportunities with LB Havering Additional information: This is an information gathering exercise and a response does not guarantee an invitation to tender for any services which the Council may advertise, nor that the Council will procure any such services or accept any proposals offered. The Council is looking at the implementation of a new highways contract, including road schemes, planned repair and planned maintenance of existing highways and other public areas: Re-surfacing and reconstruction of highways including laying of specialist surfaces; Maintenance, repair and replacement of street furniture, including non-illuminated signs, railings etc.; Laying of road markings; Highway drainage; Street Lighting. This is not at this stage a comprehensive list of all the services we may require from any potential contract. Planned Agenda for the Q& Sessions 20-minute presentation to include: Range of services and experience for current/previous contracts and how this would be relevant to the range of services required for those listed above. Please contact Mel Gadd: mel.gadd@havering.gov.uk by midday on Friday 24 February 2023 to register your interest in attending the Q&A session. Innovation and efficiency savings that could be achieved. Environment and Social Value aspects 1 hour Q & A session Please provide details of your depot facilities that you deliver these services from and particularly how you would deliver services to Havering Please consider the services above and advise on your suitability to deliver each and previous experience of doing so including examples. Please advise what you consider to be the optimum contract term including optional extensions for you to invest in this opportunity Please indicate the optimum cost/quality split and preferred pricing mechanism for contract Please indicate if you would be required to subcontract any of these services and if so indicate if this would be with multiple suppliers which would include SME's Please indicate your view on incentive-based contracts including the measurement of KPI's and default deductions. Please indicate based on forthcoming and concurrent opportunities elsewhere in the region whether any Havering procurement would be a priority for your company. Please indicate what you feel would be the key contractual risks to any procurement. Please indicate what you feel would be the most advantageous procurement procedure for these services and your view of subdivision into lots.

This is an information gathering exercise and a response does not guarantee an invitation to tender for any services which the Council may advertise, nor that the Council will procure any such services or accept any proposals offered. The Council is looking at the implementation of a new highways contract, including road schemes, planned repair and planned maintenance of existing highways and other public areas: Re-surfacing and reconstruction of highways including laying of specialist surfaces; Maintenance, repair and replacement of street furniture, including non-illuminated signs, railings etc.; Laying of road markings; Highway drainage; Street Lighting. This is not at this stage a comprehensive list of all the services we may require from any potential contract.

Havering Council is seeking expressions of interest from suitably experienced and competent Providers as it looks to commission a supported accommodation service that will support adults with mild to moderate learning disabilities to improve their independent living skills and resilience. It is intended the opportunity will be published in February 2023 with a contract start date of 1st December 2023. This is not an invitation to tender. Providers will need knowledge and experience of providing supported accommodation services with a deep understanding of the needs of people with learning disabilities. In addition, Providers will need to be a reputable, responsive and responsible employer committed to recruiting, developing, and retaining a high quality and diverse workforce and are able to add social value to the provision to enrich the Service offer for service users and the wider community. Providers will also need to be financially sustainable with robust governance and assurance arrangements and demonstrate they are able to demonstrate experience of working with property landlords to ensure the smooth running of the Service.

It is intended the service for tree maintenance will be procured this year with a contract go-live summer/autumn 2023. The Council is considering a 5 year contract with a 2 year extension option. There are approximately 20,000 street trees, an additional 3,000 trees on Housing land and over 250,000 trees in our parks and open spaces. This contract is to ensure that these trees are safe and are managed and maintained to a high standard. The Councils vision is for a Borough that is clean, safe and where residents are proud to live. This contract will ensure our trees are looked after for future generations to enjoy. We anticipiate the opportunity will be published early February 2023 through the Council's new e-Tendering System called Oracle Fusion. The tendering exercise will be undertaken using the electronic tendering system 'Oracle Fusion' (https://elfy.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/fscmUI/faces/PrcPosRegisterSupplier?prcBuId=300 000002366037). Suppliers will need to register on the system in order to express their interest in the tender and participate in the competitive exercise. Please note registration is free.

The London Borough of Havering has an established Complex Placements Framework Contract that uses a dynamic purchasing system to commission care and support packages for people with either a single or combination of learning disabilities, mental health needs, physical disabilities, sensory disabilities and other complex vulnerabilities (e.g. autism spectrum disorder). Complex Placements Services will tailor to customers' individual needs, including developing and maintaining their physical, intellectual, emotional, social and independent living skills. The support they receive should deliver positive outcomes and aim to achieve the personal goals of customers, as identified in the customer's support plan. A Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) is a completely electronic system used to purchase commonly used goods, works or services. The DPS is divided into categories of services commonly sometimes referred to as lots. From 1st March 2023, Lot 2 of the Havering's Complex Placements Framework Tender will be utilising the requirement stated in the Lot 2, tender documents for short term respite placements. Short term respite placement opportunities will be available for providers to submit their applications in the near future. In preparation for this opportunity, the Council encourage new respite providers to apply now for this framework contract, available through the Council's Fusion Procurement system. Lot 2 of the Complex Placement Framework Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) runs until 30th April 2027 The Council is looking for experienced and innovative residential providers to deliver Strength-Based overnight respite services. When we refer to respite we mean individuals spending a short period away from their home, this could be for one or more consecutive days. If you are an existing provider on the complex placements framework or you are interested in this opportunity and would like to find out more, please join our Market Supplier Engagement event on Wednesday 18th January 2023 at 10.30am to 11.30am via Microsoft Teams: Please complete the registration form and return, so a link to the meeting can be sent to you. This is not an invitation to tender.