Issue - meetings

 Report by Dr Carlton Brand, Corporate Director

Councillor Jerry Wickham presented the report which requested approval to award the following contracts, under an exemption, to the incumbent providers, Mears Care, Somerset Care at Home, Salisbury City Almshouse, Knightstone, Habinteg Housing, Stonewater Housing, as outlined in the report; and requested that Cabinet delegates authority to the Corporate Director with responsibility for Adult Care to approve the award of contracts within the approved budget.

Councillor Wickham stated, in response to Brian Warwick, that the extensions would be for 12-18 months to provide continuity and to allow more time to undertake proper consultation with users to come back with further recommendations.

Councillor Graham Wright and Councillor Gavin Grant stated that the Health Select Committee had been informed of the proposals, which had received broad support, and that further input from the Select Committee would be welcome once further proposals had been developed.

Resolved

1)     To award the following contracts, under an exemption, to the incumbent providers, Mears Care, Somerset Care at Home, Salisbury City Almshouse, Knightstone, Habinteg Housing, Stonewater Housing:

·           Extra Care Housing: care and support contracts for 4 existing ECH schemes

·           Housing Related Support: 8 contracts for sheltered housing schemes across Wiltshire (covered by the Help to Live at Home (HTLAH) providers)

·           Housing Related Support: 4 additional schemes with individual agreements (outside of HTLAH)

2)     To delegate authority to the Corporate Director with responsibility for Adult Care to approve the award of contracts within the approved budget

Reason for Decisions:

As part of the Adult Social Care Transformation programme the Council is

changing the way it commissions domiciliary care. Notice has been given on

the current HTLAH block contracts with a new type of contract being tendered

in May 2018.

The HTLAH block contracts also cover the following service provisions:

• Care and Support for 4 Extra Care Housing Schemes
• Housing Related Support

These services are distinct from the domiciliary care services and there is

potential to reshape them to provide better outcomes for customers and better

value for the Council. This will need to be undertaken as a separate piece of

work to the domiciliary care tender and it is important that during this time the

current service is maintained to give customers consistent support.