The procurement has two streams:

1— care and support, and

2— accommodation.

Key features:

a— HADSOM will function as a register of providers who are interested in working with the contracting bodies to provide strengths based services to people with learning disabilities, autism spectrum conditions, mental health issues or other vulnerable people,

b— care and support:

— shared accommodation for people with varying levels of need, including very intensive 24 hrs support,

— in “core and cluster” type accommodation where people have their own front door with on-site support,

— at home, (domiciliary care)

— in the community,

— single person accommodation.

Administration of individual service funds and accommodation providers for related services will also form part of this procurement.

The council will use this register for each stream to communicate supply and demand issues, and to broker close working relationships between the council, support providers, housing providers and service users.