Cabinet will be asked to grant the:

a)      authority to proceed to a competitive tender exercise for Teresa House and Hamlets Way Mental Health Accommodation Contracts;

b)      authority to put in  place the short contractual extension required to facilitate the procurement of these services as an open tender as compared with letting the contract via the Supporting People Framework Agreement as originally intended.

c)      authority for the Corporate Director for ESCW to agree the contract award in consultation with the Mayor.

DECISION

1.    To agree the recommended procurement method, thereby authorising officers to proceed to a competitive tender exercise for Teresa House and Hamlets Way Mental Health Accommodation Contracts; with the contract period being two years with the option to extend for a further one year period.

2.    To agree the contractual extension required to facilitate this process in recognition of the longer procurement timetable required for an open tender as compared with letting the contract via the Supporting People Framework Agreement as originally intended; and

3.    To agree that the award of the contract should be delegated to the Corporate Director for ESCW in consultation with the Mayor.

Action by:

CORPORATE DIRECTOR EDUCATION, SOCIAL CARE AND WELLBEING (R. McCULLOCH-GRAHAM)

(Service Head Commissioning, Health Commissioning and Strategy (D. Cohen)