Subject to the Mayor removing the proposed contract award for ‘Personal Care in four Extra Care Sheltered Housing Schemes’ to allow more information to be presented, the recommendations were approved.

DECISION

1. To approve the award of contract to the recommended bidder for each service as listed below:

2.    To authorise the Corporate Director of Education, Social Care and Wellbeing, in consultation with the Head of Legal Services, to agree the final terms and conditions of the contract for each service;

3.    To authorise the Head of Legal Services to execute all necessary contract documents to implement this decision.

Action by:

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

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

The Mayor welcomed the report, and noted the Part II/Exempt report later on the agenda.

Following discussion, the Mayor highlighted a number of issues including:

·         The need to ensure that any contract extensions were agreed with the Mayor.

·         To ensure that the Council was involved in any subcontracting processes in relation to the Advocacy and Mental Health contract.

·         That he was requesting additional information on the criteria for choosing the preferred bidder on the Personal Care in four Extra Care Sheltered Housing Schemes and that he would not be approving that contract until he had received this extra information.

Subject to removing the Personal Care in four Extra Care Sheltered Housing Schemes, the Mayor agreed the recommendations as set out.

RESOLVED

1. To approve the award of contract to the recommended bidder for each service as listed below:

2.    To authorise the Corporate Director of Education, Social Care and Wellbeing, in consultation with the Head of Legal Services, to agree the final terms and conditions of the contract for each service;

3.    To authorise the Head of Legal Services to execute all necessary contract documents to implement this decision.