Cabinet:
1. Approved the award of 3x Children/Young People Home & Community Support block contracts, each with a contract term of 3 years with an option to extend up to 2 years in increments of 12 months from the 01.02.2024, as follows:
1.1. to Circles Network (Company number: 02972700), with a value of £50,000 per annum (£250,000 for the contract term including extension period).
1.2. to Sabanu Care Ltd (Company number: 12922944), with a value of £50,000 per annum (£250,000 for the contract term including extension period).
1.3. to Greenhill Healthcare Ltd (Company number: 13796928), with a value of £50,000 per annum (£250,000 for the contract term including extension period).
2. Approved the award of the Children/Young People’s Home & Community Support Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System (PDPS); the contract term is 5 + 3 + 2 years and has an overall contract value of up to £10,000,000 over the whole contract term (including 2 extension periods). The list of approved providers were outlined in Appendix 1.
3. Delegated approval to the Executive Director Adult Social Care & Commissioning to extend the Contract Term up to 10 years (for the PDPS) in accordance with the contract provisions.
4. Delegated approval to the Executive Director Adult Social Care & Commissioning to extend the Contract Term for each or any of the 3x block contracts up to 5 years (per block contract) in accordance with the contract provisions.
5. Delegated approval to the Executive Director Adult Social Care & Commissioning to agree to an uplift (per annum) on the hourly rate; subject to internal governance arrangements and the value given in the published Contract Notice.