Decision details

There is an Exempt Annex to the report which is not for publication in accordance with Paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of Part 1 to the Local Government Act 1972.

The information contained in the Exempt Annex should not be disclosed because the information:

relates to the financial or business affairs (past or present) of a particular person (including the Council);

The public interest test has been applied to this information and it is considered that the need to retain this information as exempt outweighs the public interest in it because:

The information contained in this annex is considered commercially sensitive. The Council is retaining this information as exempt because it could impact on its ability to achieve value for money from future procurement exercises. It could also have a negative impact on the unsuccessful bidder’s market position and reputation.

The Cabinet Member authorised the award of the Personal Care & Support Framework Contract to the organisations listed in Annex 1 of the report.

The Cabinet Member authorised the award of the Personal Care & Support Framework Contract to the organisations listed in Annex 1 of this report.

The proposed approach will support the Council in meeting its statutory duty under the National Assistance Act 1948 to meet assessed eligible adult social care need by ensuring a range of support is available within the community and with people’s homes.

The framework is compliant with contract legislation and the Council’s Contract Rules.

The framework provides sufficient flexibility to allow for other community support services to be included in future as need arises.   

Procuring block purchased homecare was considered but rejected as this could lead to the purchase of homecare supply above the Council’s requirements and would not comply with the Council’s duty of assuring value for money.  The framework agreement sets out the Council’s requirements and expectations in terms of quality standards and how these standards will be monitored.  The framework also provides an approach to ensure best value by managing unit cost for personal care and support services.

Setting up a fully closed framework was considered but was rejected as this could restrict the development of support capacity and the development of new services.  Retaining the option to open the framework to new providers and to develop new service specifications will mean that future needs could be met through the framework.

None unless otherwise stated.

No additional documents were used unless otherwise stated in the CMDN.