Issue - meetings

Report of the Strategic Director of Adult Care and Housing

Cabinet Member:     Councillor Roche (in advisory role)

Commissioner:         Myers

Recommendations:

1.    That all the services highlighted in Part A of the report (detailed in Appendix 1) be subject to a competitive tender process on the open market in September 2016 for new services to commence in April 2017.

2.    That the contracts under Part A of the report be awarded on the basis of the outcome of the tender process for a three-year term from 1 April 2017 to 31March 2020.

3.    That consideration be given to the proposed options in Part B of the report (detailed in Appendix  2) and that, pursuant to Standing Order 38, the contracts referred to in the report be exempt from the provisions of Standing Order 48 that would ordinarily require a tender on the open market.

Consideration was given to a report which sought to provide an update on contracts that secured services to provide care and support for:-

·         Adults with complex needs physical disabilities, learning disabilities, sensory impaired

·         Carers

·         People who use personal budgets as a Direct Payment to employ a Personal Assistant

·         Adults who are at risk of admission to hospital or residential care and require urgent home care

·         Housing related support

It was noted that such services had been commissioned for some time and contracts had been extended with incremental changes over the years and there was a need to ensure transparency and value for money and to comply with standing orders. Consequently, those services were recommended to be subject to competitive tender.

The report also covered a range of service areas where it was considered that a strategic approach to commissioning would be required to ensure that the authority adopted a whole system view and enabled the efficient and effective deployment of resources. The service areas were identified as:

·         Adults with complex needs physical disabilities, learning disabilities, sensory impaired

·         Carers

·         People who use personal budgets as a Direct Payment to employ a Personal Assistant

·         Adults who are at risk of admission to hospital or residential care and require urgent home care

·         Housing related support contracts.

Commissioner Ney agreed:

1.    That all of the services highlighted in Part A of the report be subject to a competitive tender process on the open market in September 2016 for new services to commence in April 2017.

2.    That the contracts under Part A of the report be awarded on the basis of the outcome of the tender process for a three-year term from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2020.

3.    That, pursuant to Standing Order 38, the contracts referred to in Part B of the report be exempt from the provisions of Standing Order 48 that would ordinarily require a tender on the open market.