Issue - meetings

Further to Minute 9 (21 June 2022), the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health Integration presented a report on the proposal to directly award a short-term contract to the existing provider of ‘extra care’ housing in the Borough while the re-tendering of a new longer-term contract was conducted.

The Cabinet Member explained that the original procurement of the new longer-term contract had commenced in the Summer.  However, it became apparent on the return of tenders that officers could not properly evaluate the price component due to an inconsistent method of pricing amongst bidders.  The decision was taken, therefore, to re-tender the service which meant that, in the meantime, interim arrangements needed to be put in place.

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Agree to the waiver of tendering requirements under the provisions of paragraph 6.6 of the Council’s Contract Rules and approve the direct award of the Extra Care contract to the current provider, Care Support, for the period 1 February to 31 July 2023, 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, the Strategic Director of Finance and Investment and the Chief Legal Officer, to enter into the direct award contract and any other necessary agreements on behalf of the Council.