Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health Integration introduced a report on the procurement of a new Supported Living Services contract effective from April 2024.

The Cabinet Member advised that the Council had a statutory duty to ensure that vulnerable adults had access to supported accommodation, enabling them to live as independent life as possible in a safe environment where they were supported to achieve and maintain their independence. The current Supported Living contract model was no longer considered fit-for-purpose, primarily as the block contract element had been found to be financially inefficient.  The intention, therefore, was to procure via a maximum four-year Framework Agreement to attract a range of contractors able to provide a responsive service that could meet individual needs, without any guarantees of work.

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Agree that the Council proceeds with the procurement of a maximum four-year framework contract for Supported Living Services in accordance with the strategy set out in the report; and

(ii)  Delegate authority to the Strategic Director, Children and Adults, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health Integration and the Chief Legal Officer, to award and enter into the contract(s) for the framework agreement and all other necessary or ancillary agreements with the successful bidders to fully implement and effect the proposals.