Decision details

The contract with Gipsil to deliver the Engage Leeds service is due to expire on 31^st March 2022. The decision concerns an extension of the contract, which contains provision for extending for up to 36 months.

The proposal is to utilise the full extension available and to vary the contract to include additional posts funded with external resources from the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). This is a Key Decision as the cost of the extension exceeds £500,000.

The Director of Resources and Housing has:

a)  Approved an extension of three years under Contracts Procedure Rules (CPR) 21.1 to the existing contract with GIPSIL Limited for the Engage Leeds Service, with effect from 1st April 2021 for a maximum value of £3,711,750 per annum.

b)  Approved the acceptance of the MHCLG funding of £314,684 revenue funding as a result of the Council’s bid to the Next Steps Accommodation programme; and funding from the Flexible Homeless Grant of up to £240,000 for the Navigator posts.

c)  Approved the modification of the contract value under Regulation 72 (5)  of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 to include three Navigator posts with the NSAP funding totalling £314,684 for three years, along with funding for two further Navigators through the Flexible Homeless Grant for funding up to £240,000 over a period of up to 3 years. These figures are in addition to the value of the contract price of £3,711,750 per annum. The maximum total value of the variation will be no greater than £554,684, an increase of 1.86% when taking into consideration the overall contract value of £29,694,000.