Request for a waiver of Standing Orders - Rothercare Monitoring Platform (Jontek)
Minutes:
Consideration was given to a report presented by Sarah Farragher, Contact and Enablement Service Manager, seeking approval for exemption of Standing Orders and an extension to the Rothercare monitoring platform for a further 2 years.
The current contract was due to expire in October, 2014, however, Rothercare call handling had increased in size since 2011/12 and continued to do so as assistive technology developed as a method of providing oversight support. Work was in progress to look at the future options of such Service provision. Given the changes, it was difficult to accurately specify what the future requirements for a monitoring platform would be, therefore, it was proposed that the current contract be extended with some minor adjustments to improve the workability of the current system.
Resolved:- That Standing Orders be waived and that the contract be awarded to Jontek for a further 2 years.