How to win: Rough Sleeping Assertive Outreach and Support Service

About this contract

Delivery of Assertive Outreach and Response Service for rough sleepers. • ensuring that the holistic needs and risks of people engaging in a Rough Sleeping Lifestyle are fully assessed for support needs, risks and housing needs • delivering an Assertive Outreach Response to assist the cohort away from the street and into new or existing accommodation and/or associated support • assisting individuals to access primary care & secondary Health provision, support to access substance misuse and Mental Health services, and any other service which meets their needs • working with service users to increase their recovery options by identifying open, accessible and targeted drug and alcohol services available to all service users and ensuring they can be supported if they drop out of treatment, to reengage with appropriate provision • working with partners and statutory agencies to prevent rough sleeping or other street activity for people at risk of arriving on or returning to the streets from settings such as hospital, prison, emergency or temporary accommodation, commissioned services etc

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Liverpool City Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓Lead with evidenced capability and social value — for services work these usually outweigh price.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 8 December 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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