Issue - meetings

The Housing Service is currently reviewing all housing related support contracts with a view to re-commissioning Housing Service Support contracts (current value £1.9m per year) early in 2017 to ensure new arrangements are in place by April 2018.

At the 13th December 2016 Environment Select Committee meeting it was resolved to investigate the establishment of a Re-Commissioning of Housing Service Support Contracts rapid scrutiny exercise to look at the approach to procuring these new services.

The report will be published as a supplement to this agenda.

A brief overview was given of the Rapid Scrutiny report. The deliberations of the Group were outlined and the proposal for Option 3 to be carried forward was discussed.

The Committee discussed the need for scrutiny in this area to reflect the up to date needs of the customer group.

RESOLVED:

To note the report and to set up another Rapid Scrutiny Exercise to investigate the form in which the recommissioning of housing support service contracts under Option 3 will take.