Decision details

Councillor Jerry Wickham presented the report which informed the Cabinet of current contract and funding arrangements that the Council had with User Led Organisations and Healthwatch Wiltshire to engage with customers on adult care services, and made proposals for their future commissioning.

Matters highlighted in the course of the presentation and discussion included: how the current providers had been engaged with and given more time to develop proposals; the intention to reduced duplication and reduce management costs; the challenges of bringing organisations with different cultures together; and how performance management going forward would be addressed.

In presenting his proposals, Councillor Wickham stated that the contract should be awarded on the proviso that: if one or two organisations were awarded the contract, they would be required to commission user led services from a number of providers and for that they would need to ensure that the widest range of users were included.

Following a short debate, the meeting;

Resolved

1.         To agree to adopt Option 2, on the condition that the delivery of this provision should be achieved by either two or one organisations, and that, if in the latter case, there will be a requirement for the contacted organisation to commission user led services from a number of providers and for them to ensure that the widest range of users are included.

2.         To secure delegated authority for the Corporate Director for Adult Care and Health, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, Public Health and Public Protection and the Associate Director for Finance to award a contract to the preferred provider/s when identified, as a result of the tender process.

Reason for Decision:

Commissioners recognise that there is scope to remove duplication and that there are several activities currently funded in contracts that could be removed from future service specifications to achieve savings and provide a more focused service.

To ensure timely procurement of the service.