# Caversham Road Pods and The Nova Project 2024/25 - AWARD

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Reading Borough Council](/buyers/reading-borough-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Launchpad Reading
- Award value: £2,190,000
- Tender value: £760,919
- Award date: 8 January 2024
- Published: 8 May 2024
- Contract start: 1 April 2024
- Contract end: 31 March 2027
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 6b5c1b48-e438-4eaa-93d5-6c7a3df891d3-748784
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7115f41a-6878-4ddc-8152-be3b6070ac13

## Description

Reading Borough Council require a Provider, or Providers, to establish a staffing team, or staffing teams, that focus upon recovery outcomes that break the cycle of homelessness and housing instability, aiming to reduce rough sleeping numbers to zero in the borough\.  Service:   RBC is seeking to procure a provider to deliver:  Housing-related support to people who experience multiple disadvantages and have a history of cyclical/repeat rough sleeping for: Caversham Road Pods Provision of housing-related support for people who are experiencing multiple disadvantage and currently sleeping rough, or who have a history of cyclical/repeat rough sleeping who are accommodated by the Council at 57 Caversham Road\. The Nova Project Provision of longer-term homes for multiply disadvantaged single females with gender and trauma informed housing-related support at 11-13 Waylen Street\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6b5c1b48-e438-4eaa-93d5-6c7a3df891d3-748784)