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Exemption Request – Extension of Specialist Commissioning Contracts for Supported Living, Floating Support and Supported Housing (Part I and Part II Report)

Meeting: 27/11/2018 - Cabinet (Item 302)

302 Exemption Request – Extension of Specialist Commissioning Contracts for Supported Living, Floating Support and Supported Housing

    Report by Corporate Director Dr Carlton Brand

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Cllr Jerry Wickham presented proposals to extend the current contracts for supporting living, floating support and supporting housing for customers with a learning disability or mental health need. The Cabinet member highlighted the proposal had been subject to a Rapid Scrutiny exercise.

Cllr Hubbard expressed concern that the proposal was an extension of an already extended contract.  In response, it was explained this extension was part of adult social care transformation process, and it was legal and sensible to build extensions into a contract.

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