Issue - meetings

    Report by Corporate Director Dr Carlton Brand

This item is exempt due to financial and legal information provided in the appendices.

Resolved:

To extend the contractual agreements detailed at Appendix 1 of the report until 31 August 2019;

To delegate authority to the Corporate Director with responsibility for Adult Care to approve:

a) the contract variations needed to achieve the above within the approved budget;

b) the award of contracts within the approved budget following required tender processes

Reason for decision:

This extension is being requested for the following reasons to allow sufficient time to:

- consult with customers and providers around current services and to coproduce new service specifications for future services

- Undertake an accommodation review and develop a strategy

- carry out thorough research across other local authorities, and develop how we wish to commission and tender for these services from 1 July 2019

- allow sufficient time to allow any required tender processes to take place in keeping with procurement regulations.

- take into account that we have fragile market places that may take some time to shape and for relationships to be sufficiently developed to maximise opportunities

- ensure we are aligned on the future pathway with services and approaches as required by LD and MH transformation work to ensure services commissioned are fit for future purpose