# Housing Options Service

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [capitalEsourcing](/buyers/capitalesourcing/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £29,000,000
- Published: 20 January 2017
- Planned start: 1 October 2017
- Planned end: 30 September 2024
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: e5795a7e-cae2-4296-8a57-aecf35f0f7d0-126363
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6be3eaed-201d-4944-b229-07d3a31d40b1

## Description

The Housing Options Service delivers the Council's statutory housing advice, assessment and allocations services in the Borough\. Through this re-procurement process the Council is reshaping services to place greater emphasis on: • High quality frontline housing advice that actively deals with the broader range of issues that contribute to homelessness; • Early intervention and homeless prevention; • Greater mobile working, connectivity with other core frontline services and improved digital advice and delivery solutions; • Distinction between the 'people' services and the 'property' services'; • Shaping a service that is better tailored to deal with single homeless people and homeless families; • Strengthening our procurement of property capabilities to increase supply of affordable accommodation; and • Active and high quality management of our existing homeless accommodation portfolio to ensure the continued quality, utilisation and income collection for our temporary accommodation\.

## Related contract awards

- [Provision of Building and Security Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-76bcf458-a4c3-44ab-bef5-bcc19bbd1095): capitalEsourcing
- [Second Source Responsive Repairs - Multi-trade](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-01d4c3cb-916c-416a-b30d-a7e608b2ab9f): capitalEsourcing
- [Tavistock Gardens - Hard & Soft Landscaping](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-f77600dc-ecc9-4ac3-b253-880e9c738284): capitalEsourcing

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e5795a7e-cae2-4296-8a57-aecf35f0f7d0-126363)