Decision details
Authority to renew the lease at Sonali Gardens to provide continuity of care
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
This item seeks a permission to continue negotiations with Clarion
for a new lease agreement (the current lease expires on 28th March
2022 and this is to extend it by at least further 10 years) with a
lease agreement to be in solicitors hands ideally by September
2021. This will enable an open tender for the provision of care
(referred to as a Community Hub) at Sonali Gardens to be issued in
October 2021.The intention of the agreement is to allow flexibility
of providers and not limited to St. Hilda’s ( current
provider).
Decision:
The exempt appendices were noted.
DECISION
1. To note the position with regard tothe proposed new contracts for the provision of day care and community support hub and spoke activities service.
2. To note that premises at Sonali Gardens, which the Council holds on a lease from Clarion Housing, are required as an on-going location for the service and that the existing lease expires in March 2022.
3. To agree that the Council enters into a new lease for a term of up to 15 years, whilst seeking flexibility in the lease, and on the basis of the rent and other main commercial terms set out in Exempt Appendix 1 to the report.
4. To agree to delegate authority to the Corporate Director, Place Directorate to agree the remaining lease terms and any minor variations to the terms in the Appendices 1 to the report.
5. To Agree to issue a direct award to the Peabody Trust for the provision of day care at the maximum estimated value of £2,100,000 for up to 6 years (4+1+1 contract) at Sundial building and delegate authority to the Corporate Director, Health Adults and Communities Directorate, to agree the terms.
6. To agree that £135,000.00 funding (agreed by the Cabinet on 03/03/2021 to provide a community support hub service) will be added to the value of day care contracts in Sonali and Sundial to provide community support hub service. The proportion is yet to be determined.
7. To note that the contracts’ value might increase in year 5 and 6 by a maximum of 3 % (based on forecasted inflation rate of the Retail Price Index in the United Kingdom from 2021 to 2025) of the contracts’ value due to inflation.
Action by:
CORPORATE DIRECTOR, PLACE (A. SUTCLIFFE)
CORPORATE DIRECTOR, HEALTH, ADULTS AND COMMUNITY (D. RADLEY)
(Head of Asset Management (S. Shapiro)
(Senior Project Manager (A. Wojcik)
Report author: Nicole Layton
Publication date: 30/07/2021
Date of decision: 28/07/2021
Decided at meeting: 28/07/2021 - Cabinet
Effective from: 07/08/2021
Accompanying Documents:
- 6.9 Authority renew lease Sonali Gardens direct award Sundial
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