UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

Refurbishment of home and single storey extension.

Testing, servicing, maintenance, and responsive repair of roller shutters and automatic doors across Council-owned and managed assets, including schools, public buildings, and associated sites The Contractor shall undertake: • Planned maintenance and statutory testing • Reactive repair Works • Emergency response services • Minor replacement Works The Works to be undertaken and Services to be provided by the Contractor will be in relation to Council buildings, Schools, park lands, assets and sites within the Metropolitan Borough and Parishes of Oldham where the Council has an interest.

RSI services aim to prevent rough sleeping where possible and where not possible to ensure it is rare, brief and non-recurring. RSI Outreach workers take the lead in identifying and engaging individuals who are rough sleeping across the borough and supporting them into suitable accommodation pathways. The RSI Navigator support is key to tenancy sustainment for a cohort of identified entrenched rough sleepers. Commission an RSI Navigator service using grant monies awarded to the council. The most recent grant award of RSI Navigator funding is made by GMCA and runs from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2029. The RSI Navigator service ensures that we are working towards ending rough sleeping within the borough and is based on assisting with the delivery of the three principles identified in the Oldham Rough Sleeping Plan; 1. Prevention - Stopping people sleeping rough for the first time. 2. Intervention - Support to those currently sleeping rough to move off the streets. 3. Recovery - Support to those who have slept rough to ensure they don't return to the streets The appointed RSI Navigator provider is tasked with sourcing accommodation and building effective networks of support for rough sleepers in the borough. The RSI Navigator provider is key to tenancy sustainment for the cohort of identified entrenched rough sleepers. The ongoing support provided by the RSI Navigator provider continues with service users through their journey in temporary accommodation schemes such as A Bed Every Night (ABEN) and stays with them when they are housed in an independent tenancy, in either the social or private sector.

A Bed Every Night ABEN has been in operation since October 2018, with the service being recommissioned in each funding round through a competitive process. ABEN provides accommodation for up to 33 people (including one emergency bed) who are sleeping rough, with six spaces assigned for individuals with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF). The service delivers support and housing management across three buildings, The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has confirmed its intention to continue funding theses services for a further 3 years. The most recent grant award runs from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2029, with the funding amounts confirmed with the main 18-bed building operating as a 24-hour central hub. A Bed Every Night Phase 6 and RSI Outreach and Navigator services Procurement 1.Background 1.1 The Council has been working in partnership with Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) on various projects that support residents who are homeless or at risk of homelessness via existing services: - A Bed Every Night (ABEN) - Rough Sleepers Initiative (RSI) 1.2 The projects in question have all been running concurrently in Oldham for multiple years, further details about the service is set out below. 1.3 The Oldham ABEN has been in operation since October 2018, with the service evolving from a communal night shelter model to a 24-hour self-contained accommodation scheme in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, also increasing in bed spaces in response to demand. 1.4 ABEN is funded via grant from GMCA which is made up of contributions from a range of sources including Public Health, Probation and the Mayor's Fund. Local authorities are also asked to contribute to the scheme locally; in Oldham the Council funds the accommodation leases and most utility costs at the ABEN buildings, less any rebate recouped through Housing Benefit and service charges. 1.5 Oldham's ABEN provision within the GMCA grant agreement consists of 27 (including one emergency bed) main ABEN bedspaces and 6 bedspaces for people with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF). These are based across three buildings held on private sector leases (PSLs) by the Council. The service accommodates between 90-120 people each year, with numbers primarily influenced by the availability of move on accommodation. 1.6 The Council is tendering for the delivery of ABEN support and day-to-day building management.

Oldham Council (the Council) has a strategy to deliver a series of highway improvement and high specification public realm projects in and around Oldham Town Centre. Active Oldham is a package of measures to transform the accessibility and connectivity to and around Oldham Town Centre by all modes as part of an ambitious vision and development strategy for investment in the Town Centre. The Active Oldham Strategic Partnership Agreement (AOSPA) is intended to promote a partnering and collaborative approach to delivering a programme of construction works and create a strategic environment where Supplier and the Council (as Employer) work together to optimise delivery by learning and working together and continually improving the services. The AOSPA term is for a maximum of 4 years. There is a programme of several projects planned initially. The final number of projects to be delivered through the AOSPA may increase and vary depending on the level of future external funding available to the Council and the success of the partnership between the Council and Supplier.

Buildings Repair and Maintenance covering Council buildings, Schools, park lands, assets and sites within the Metropolitan Borough and Parishes of Oldham where the Council has an interest. Various minor works disciplines for use in schools, offices and other council buildings and infrastructure. Only reactive repair and maintenance works. Requires quick response. SLAs to be set for response times. A minimum of 1 hour response is allowed, ranging up to 28 days for repair.

Advocacy is about representing the views, wishes and needs of children and young people to professionals making decisions about their lives, and helping them to navigate the system, especially in times of transition. Advocacy services provide independent and confidential information, advice, representation, support and advocacy for eligible children and young people. High quality advocacy is an important preventative measure to ensure practical problems do not escalate, that children and young people are protected from harm or risk of harm to their wellbeing and to ensure that potential system level failures are identified and tackled at the earliest opportunity. Independent Visitors are trained volunteers who can step in to support children within the context of National reforms including FFP and provide a stable adult relationship outside of their care arrangement. They can visit them where they live and be a friend and mentor as they grow up. This specification for this service will be based on the National Standards for the Provision of Children and Young People's Advocacy Services 2023. Addition: Parental Advocacy Parental advocacy is an independent support service. It helps parents navigate complex children's social care and child protection systems. Advocates are often peer supporters i.e. parents/family members who have had previous experience of children's social care. Advocates can: Explain the Child Protection process Help parents understand their rights Help parents communicate with professionals involved for example social workers Help to ensure that parents wishes, feelings and views are heard. Help parents understand information given to them about their child or children Support parents to find and understand information so they can use it to make choices Help parents prepare for meetings with professionals Go to Child Protection Conferences and Core Group Meetings with parents Provide information about how to make a complaint about Social Care to parents Oldham are exploring this as part of our Families First Partnership Programme.