Stafford Borough Council have submitted a bid to the Department of Leveling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) for Rough Sleeper Initiative 2022 - 2025 funding for six units of high-level supported accommodation that will form part of the local rough sleeper pathway. This pathway will contribute to ending rough sleeping in Stafford by 2025 and increase the housing options available to individuals with multiple and complex needs who are rough sleeping, or at risk of rough sleeping.
The overall aim of the project is to get individuals with a history of rough sleeping or repeat homelessness into sustainable accommodation, with tailored support that addresses underlying support needs. The approach will provide strength-based solutions and ongoing support so that no one has to spend a night on our streets and instances of rough sleeping and repeat homelessness will be reduced.
Stafford Borough Council submitted a bid to the Department of Levelling Up,
Housing and Communities (DLUHC) for Rough Sleeper Initiative 2022 - 2025
funding for two inter-related projects.
The first project is for six units of high-level supported accommodation that will
form part of the local rough sleeper pathway. This pathway will contribute to
ending rough sleeping in Stafford by 2025 and increase the housing options
available to individuals with multiple and complex needs who are rough sleeping,
or at risk of rough sleeping.
The overall aim of the project is to get individuals with a history of rough sleeping
or repeat homelessness into sustainable accommodation, with tailored support
that addresses underlying needs. The approach will provide strength-based
solutions and ongoing support so that no one has to spend a night on our streets
and instances of rough sleeping and repeat homelessness will be reduced.
The second project is a coproduction model that will engage the voices of those
with lived experience, involving the hardest to reach rough sleepers so their
views and experiences become an integral element in developing services for
people.
To end rough sleeping, we need to shift the balance of power, listen to the voices
of those with lived experience and adapt our services and strategies accordingly.
This will not take place overnight but requires long-term commitment to gain trust,
expertise and provide a platform for genuine change.
Stafford Borough Council (SBC) is seeking tenders from organisations who can provide professional Occupational Therapy (OT) Services to support the provision of home adaptations. Occupational Therapy Assessment Services are required to help residents and their families to become as independent as possible in and around their own homes by removing physical barriers, maximising their safety, and creating opportunities for participation.
The Services required are available for call-off by the following Local Authorities (referred to as “Local Authority/ Authorities”) including any wholly or jointly owned entities of the councils in existence at the current time or created during the contract period:
• Stafford Borough
• South Staffordshire District
• Cannock Chase District
• Lichfield District
• Tamworth Borough
• Newcastle Under Lyme Borough
• Staffordshire Moorlands District
• East Staffordshire Borough
Stafford Borough Council (SBC) is looking to appoint a supplier to carry out cleaning services for SBC Civic Centre, Stafford Crematorium and Stone Area Office. Please review the specification for the frequency of cleaning to be carried out i.e., daily, weekly and monthly activities.
Civic Centre
The Civic Centre is a four storey office complex which incorporates committee rooms and a suite for civic functions. The building houses approximately 300 employees and is open to the public between 0830 and 1700 hours Monday to Thursday and between 0830 and 1630 hours on Friday. With some exceptions staff generally work between 0800 hours and 1800 hours Monday to Friday. The Civic and Committee Suite Complex, Mayor's Parlour, Members' Room and Council Leader's Office are all to be cleaned to a very high standard commensurate with their use for formal civic functions and for entertaining Civic visitors.
Stafford Crematorium
Times for cleaning the crematorium chapel and other public areas may be varied to allow for funeral services on the instruction of the registrar. Cleaners working in public areas shall be aware of the sensitive nature of the area and shall conduct themselves appropriately at all times.
Stone Area Office
The Contractor shall provide a cleaning service to the areas between 17:00 and 19:00 hours Monday to Thursday and 16:30 to 18:30 hours on Friday. Work shall be carried out in such a way that disturbance to Council Members, staff and the public is minimised and the Contractor shall take all measures necessary for the safety of members, staff and the public including the provision of warning signs.
Stafford Borough Council wishes to appoint a supplier to undertake the following for public buildings: Minor Works and Maintenance, PAT Testing, Fire Alarm Maintenance, Gas Servicing, and Maintenance of Boilers.
Stafford Borough Council is seeking tenders to carry out works at Stafford Castle approximately 2 miles outside of the town of Stafford. The site itself is 26 acres and consists of the Keep, inner bailey, outer bailey, herb garden and woodland. A visitor Centre houses hands on armour, arms, and costumes.
Stafford Borough Council lease land surrounding Stafford Castle from Lord Stafford which includes responsibility for the tree stock. Whilst the site is operated by Stafford Borough Council's Culture and Leisure Provider, Freedom Leisure, the Council retained responsibility for the tree stock.
Originally there were only trees lining the main driveway, which were subsequently removed, then, in the mid 1950's, extensive tree planting took place generally in grouped species. There are now approximately 5,500 mixed broadleaf and softwood species specifically beech, ash and sycamore trees on the site covering an area of approximately 133,300 m2 (13.3 Ha).
Unfortunately no management plan has ever been implemented on the site, so the trees have never been thinned out to ensure healthy specimens and so the condition of the tree stock is generally poor.
Please review the full Specification for more information.
This tender is for the Maintenance and repair of grounds maintenance and arboriculture equipment for Stafford Borough Council for a period of three years with an option to extend for a further two years.
The Council is seeking bidders who can provide and undertake the ongoing maintenance of new and existing Streetscene vehicles.
The Council wishes to establish a Contract(s) for the provision and maintenance of vehicles/plant with one or more qualified organisations. It is intended that a single Provider will be awarded to each lot to provide the services required. In each lot, Tenderers should where possible be able to maintain the full range of Goods.
The Waterfront and Riverside car parks are both equipped with an amount of technical equipment that will no longer be supported by the incumbent supplier after March 2025.
Stafford Borough Council is seeking to have the equipment by replacing with new equipment and a new supporting maintenance programme established to ensure the long-term security of the car parks and for its customers.
The current equipment on the Waterfront and Riverside car parks has been in situ for a period of nine years. The parking sector would consider this a lengthy timespan for the current equipment and for the proposal to upgrade/renew the in-situ equipment.
SBC requires a consultant to produce an EHDNA that will identify the current and future employment and housing requirements for the period 2025-2045, providing evidence for future growth and local needs and to demonstrate how these can be met within Stafford Borough through at least three option scenarios.
The councils wish to procure an agreement for a single supplier to provide Structural Appraisals in accordance with the Building Regulations 2010 - Part A, and verification of drainage design calculations in accordance with Building Regulations 2010 - Part H.
Please note that this procurement may be impacted by Local Government Re-organisation:
1.1 In December 2024 the Government issued a White Paper on Local Government Re-Organisation entitled the "English Devolution White Paper".
1.2 In March 2025, Stafford Borough Council and Cannock Chase District Council submitted their suggested re-organisation plan to the Government and are awaiting a response.
1.3 Final proposals will be submitted in November 2025 and implementation of the changes is expected by Government to be by 2028 at the earliest.
1.4 Whilst the expected impact of most changes to Local Government will be settled at government level (Change in Law) please be aware that it may be government policy or expedient that any affected party will be recommended to agree bi-lateral or multi-lateral changes to their existing contractual arrangements.
1.5 Updates on proposals and changes can be found on the Stafford website and Cannock website.
2 The parties agree that in the event of a Local Government Re-organisation:-
2.1 that reorganisation of local authorities may result in the transfer, assignment or novation of this Agreement in whole or in part to a successor authority or successor authorities. Such transfer assignment or novation shall not constitute a breach or require consent and the [contracting party] consents to the transfer assignment or novation of this Agreement in whole or in parts to any successor authority(ies) established under the local government reorganisation legislation and that as a consequence, the obligations and rights under this Agreement shall continue to apply and be enforceable by or against any successor authority(ies) following a local government reorganisation; and
2.2 the parties acknowledge that if applicable the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 may apply and agree to comply with all consequential and reasonable obligations arising thereunder.
2.3 the parties acknowledge that any new organisation(s) may utilise or create and manage all and any existing or required framework agreements relating to the provision of the services provided under this current agreement.
Stafford Borough Council, on behalf of the Cannock Chase SAC Partnership, is seeking to engage a consultancy with experience of visitor management in protected landscapes to appraise and consult on the options for the limitation or exclusion of vehicles to Chase Road on Cannock Chase (entirely or in part) as part of the mitigation works to protect the Cannock Chase Special Area of Conservation (SAC) from further decline in condition.
Stafford Borough Council is seeking to appoint a supplier to deliver the monitoring of its CCTV system and associated tasks.
The Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) provision at the Council is operated in accordance with the 'Surveillance Camera Code of Practice' (Home Office, 2022 and is designed to assist in the prevention, reduction and detection of crime. It is also used to provide evidence to relevant enforcement agencies, promote economic wellbeing and provide reassurance to the residents living in the borough about their safety.
Stafford Borough Council would like to procure a Framework Agreement to undertake inspection and repairs to all memorials within its three current operational cemeteries.
Lot 1 Inspection and Repairs - The inspections are to identify any un-safe memorials which as a whole or any component of that memorial which does not comply with current industry regulations. If a memorial fails at any point in either the visual inspection or force tests, repairs to make it safe must be carried out immediately. In cases of memorials identified as requiring repairs; all works must be carried out immediately. All repairs must comply with all current industry recognised practices (NAMM code of practice).
Lot 2 Remedial Works - Stafford Borough Council, on rare occasion, is required to cap shallow graves following an internment to ensure the current Burial ACT from 1857 and is also part of the Local Authorities Cemeteries Order 1977 (LACO).
Stafford Borough Council would like to procure a Framework Agreement for the provision of Memorial Supplies and Services.
The scope of activity is to provide memorial supplies and services across three cemeteries (3 lots) in Stafford Borough, they are Tixall Road Cemetery, Eccleshall Road Cemetery and Stone Cemetery.
Each lot will detail the specification for the supply of new inscribed plaques to specific dimensions, material type and colour. Also the Council will require additional inscriptions or complete re-gilds to existing memorial plaques.
Stafford Borough Council are procuring a contract for the provision of a rough sleeper initiative supported accommodation and coproduction service.
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government have announced that a Homelessness and Rough Sleeper Grant will replace previous rough sleeper grant funding. Funding levels for this grant are yet to be confirmed and remain subject to ministerial approval. Grant conditions, along with illustrative allocations, will be announced later this year.
Depending on the above grant allocation, Stafford Borough Council intend to deliver two inter-related projects to end rough sleeping.
The first project is for six units of high-level supported accommodation that will form part of the local rough sleeper pathway. This pathway will contribute to ending rough sleeping in Stafford and increase the housing options available to individuals with multiple and complex needs who are rough sleeping, or at risk of rough sleeping.
The overall aim of the project is to get individuals with a history of rough sleeping or repeat homelessness into sustainable accommodation, with tailored support that addresses underlying needs. The approach will provide strength-based solutions and ongoing support so that no one has to spend a night on our streets and instances of rough sleeping and repeat homelessness will be reduced.
The second project is a coproduction model that will engage the voices of those with lived experience, involving the hardest to reach rough sleepers so their views and experiences become an integral element in developing accommodation and support services.
To end rough sleeping, we need to shift the balance of power, listen to the voices of those with lived experience and adapt our services and strategies accordingly. This will not take place overnight but requires long-term commitment to gain trust, expertise and provide a platform for genuine change.
SBC wishes to procure a new contract provision to provide the effective collection, management, and care of stray dogs within Stafford Borough Council and Cannock Chase District Council boundaries. The service will be responsible for responding to reports of stray dogs, capturing and transporting them to a secure facility and ensuring their welfare.
Local authorities have a statutory duty under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and The Environmental Protection (Stray dogs) Regulations 1992 to provide services for the effective and efficient seizure, collection, kennelling and re-homing of stray dogs within their boroughs.
Stafford Borough Council have submitted a bid to the Department of Leveling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) for Rough Sleeper Initiative 2022 - 2025 funding for six units of high-level supported accommodation that will form part of the local rough sleeper pathway. This pathway will contribute to ending rough sleeping in Stafford by 2025 and increase the housing options available to individuals with multiple and complex needs who are rough sleeping, or at risk of rough sleeping.
The overall aim of the project is to get individuals with a history of rough sleeping or repeat homelessness into sustainable accommodation, with tailored support that addresses underlying support needs. The approach will provide strength-based solutions and ongoing support so that no one has to spend a night on our streets and instances of rough sleeping and repeat homelessness will be reduced.