Market Engagement Security Provision for Supported Hostels Tender

• Country: United Kingdom
• Summary: Market Engagement Security Provision for Supported Hostels
• GBT Ref No: 126505497
• Deadline: 24 Sep 2025
• Financier: Self Financed
• Purchaser Ownership: Government
• Tender Value: Refer Document
• Notice Type: Tender
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• Description:
• Southwark Council is looking to re-provide security cover across its supported hostels. The Council currently operates 5 supported hostels in the Borough: Manor Place, Jo Richards House, David Barker House, Northcott House and Keyworth Street Hostel. Support is given in a range of complex support needs from Domestic Violence, Substance Misuse, Mental Health and Offending. The core focus of future provision is on ensuring that vulnerable adults residing in the 5 council-run supported hostels are provided with the right level of security to safeguard them and to meet their needs. This is done by providing controlled access to the hostels out of hours and enforcing the schemes' rules such as preventing unauthorised overnight visitors, ensuring compliance with noise, anti-social behaviour and other laid down procedures for when the support staff working day ends. The principal duty of the Guards is to be visible at their station throughout the required hours, ensuring that unauthorised persons do not gain access to the building. However, the Specification (in process of being written as part of the procurement) also stipulates a range of other requirements, including assistance to residents, fire safety and evacuation, building checks, door management, welfare checks on the most vulnerable, harm minimisation-training in sharps, use of Naloxone etc. Suppliers must first and foremost have a minimum of 2 years' experience of safeguarding vulnerable adults in a supported hostel, foye...
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