Issue - meetings

The report provided details of the arrangements for care and support in the home, either through the use of personal budgets or managed personal budgets, as well as short-term non-charged for social care support provided upon discharge from hospital.  The Council wished to invite homecare agencies to tender for delivery of these services and to establish an ‘Approved List’ of between 10 and 15 providers. 

Helen Jenner asked if these contracts would be for adults only, or children and adults and was advised that these contracts would be care providers for home care or crisis intervention home support for adults only,

The Board was asked to consent to the issuing of tenders for those services and to delegate authority to award the contracts in due course, the details of which were set out in the report.  Having considered the issue the Board:

(i)  Approved the procurement of Home Care and Crisis Intervention Services for Older People and Adult Physical Disabilities, on the terms detailed in the report;

(ii)  Delegated authority to the Corporate Director of Adult and Community Services, in consultation with the Chief Finance Officer and Head of Legal and Democratic Services, to award contracts to the successful bidders upon conclusion of the procurement process; and

(ii)  Waived the application of the Contract Rules until 31 May 2015, as detailed in the report, on the grounds that these are essential services and of a specialist nature, and to cease them would give rise to an emergency situation.