Speculative Notice – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which further information may be obtained

2 Contract Details

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Title

Exploration of Available Accommodation Types to Support Children in Swansea

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Description of the goods or services required

Swansea Council is looking to explore the availability of a range of accommodation types within Swansea's current market to help support children. We are interested in both rural and urban options across all of the following categories of potential need.

1. Accommodation with a specification that meets CIW/RISCA regulations (fitted and maintained sprinkler system) and which has between two and five bedrooms.

2. Accommodation with a specification that meets current HMO requirements and which has any number of bedrooms.

3. Accommodation with a specification that meets CIW/RISCA regulations which is fully accessible to powered wheelchairs and which has at least three accessible bedrooms.

4. Accommodation comprising of self-contained flats, ideally (but not necessarily) with a specification that meets CIW/RISCA regulations.

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Notice Coding and Classification

3 Administrative Information

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

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Estimated Start of the Award Procedure

4 Other Information

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Additional Information

If you have accommodation that meets the needs outlined in description of this notice. Please contact Swansea Council Child & Family Services Commissioning Team by emailing dave.rossiter@swansea.gov.uk by the 25th February 2024 including the following information on each available property:

- The property postcode.

- The number of bedrooms.

- Which of the specified categories you feel the property could support.

- Potential weekly costs for the provision.

*Please detail the above for each available property, on a property by property basis.

The information given will be used to evaluate available accommodation within the marketplace against emerging needs within Child & Family Services. This is a speculative exercise which is not currently linked to any plans for a formal tender exercise. It may, however, result in further contact about specific properties if supply aligns with needs. This contact will take place by 15th March at the latest.

The publication of this notice does not signify the beginning of any formal procurement process and does not constitute a commitment by the Council to undertake any future procurement process.

The Council may withdraw or amend any information contained in this notice at any time and without notice.

(WA Ref:138939)

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Publication date of this notice