1. To initiate tender processes in respect of a range of adult social care and supported housing services;
2. To authorise the direct award of contracts to existing providers of these services until such time as new contracts are let and in order to ensure continuity of service provision to residents;
3. To delegate authority to the Acting Director of Adults’ Services following consultation with the Corporate Director of Law Probity and Governance and Monitoring Officer the power to decide to enter into all necessary agreements and undertake any other ancillary matter to give effect to the decision referred to in recommendation 2;

4.    To delegate authority to the Acting Director of Adults’ Services following consultation with the Corporate Director of Law Probity and Governance and Monitoring Officer the power to utilise the contractual extension clauses contained in a range of social care services subject to being satisfied with performance and value for money.

DECISION

1.    To authorise the initiation of tender processes and subsequent awarding of contracts, subject to best value considerations being met by bids received, in respect of the adult social care and supported housing services listed in paragraph 3.2 of this report;

2.    To delegate authority to the Acting Director of Adults’ Services following consultation with the Corporate Director of Law Probity and Governance and Monitoring Officer the power to decide to enter into all necessary agreements and undertake any other ancillary matter to give effect to the decision referred to in recommendation 1;

3.    To authorise contractual terms of sixty months for each of the contracts to be let for the services listed in paragraph 3.2 of this report, that being an initial term of thirty-six months with the option to extend this initial term by two periods of twelve months each.

4.    To authorise the direct award of contracts to existing providers of these services listed in paragraph 3.3 of this report for the duration identified for each service in order to ensure continuity of service provision to residents while new contracts are procured and let;

5.    To delegate authority to the Acting Director of Adults’ Services following consultation with the Corporate Director of Law Probity and Governance and Monitoring Officer the power to decide to enter into all necessary agreements and undertake any other ancillary matter to give effect to the decision referred to in recommendation 4;

6.    To delegate authority to the Acting Director of Adults’ Services following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Services, the Corporate Director of Law Probity and Governance and Monitoring Officer the power to exercise the contractual extension clauses contained in contracts for the social care and supported housing services listed in paragraph 3.6 of this report subject to being satisfied with performance and value for money.

Action by:

ACTING CORPORATE DIRECTOR, ADULTS’ SERVICES (L. ADDAMS.

(Acting Service Head, Commissioning and Health (K. Sugars)