Decision details

Authority to procure community based short break services

Reference: D48305

Decision Maker: Director of Adults and Health

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

The Director of Adults and Health is asked to:

 

Give authority to proceed with a procurement process to appoint a suitable provider or providers to deliver community based short break services from 1st October 2019.  The budget per annum is £1,299,440 and the contract period will be 3½ years with options to extend up to 24 months.

 

Waive CPRs 8.1, 8.2, 9.1 and 9.2 using the authority set out in CPR 1.3. in order to award new interim contracts direct to existing providers for a period of 6 months commencing 1st April 2019.  The combined value of the interim contracts is £564,720.

Decision:

The Director of Adults and Health gives authority to proceed with a procurement process to appoint a suitable provider or providers to deliver community based short break services from 1st November 2019.  The budget per annum from April 2019 is £1,299,440 and the contract period will be 3 years and 5 months with options to extend up to 24 months.

 

The Director of Adults and Health has waived CPRs 8.1, 8.2, 9.1 and 9.2 using the authority set out in CPR 1.3. in order to award new interim contracts for a period of 6 months commencing 1st May 2019 to Allied Health Services Ltd, Mears Care Ltd, Synergy Homecare, Leeds Jewish Welfare Board.

 

Reason Key: Expenditure > £250,000;

Wards Affected: (All Wards);

Other reasons / organisations consulted

An initial period of consultation was undertaken to ensure that the views of current customers of community based respite services were taken into account prior to recommendations being made about the future provision of short breaks in Leeds.

A further period of consultation undertaken ensured that it was explicit to people who may not have eligible needs that they would not be able to access community based respite services but would be supported to access Tier 1 and/or Tier 2 services as a way of carers having a break and so there was an opportunity for stakeholders to influence the final shape and design of a community based respite service specification

Consultees

Existing customers

General Public

Leeds Carers Partnership which has strong representation from carers, voluntary and community sector organisations and statutory sector partnersExisting customers

General Public

Leeds Carers Partnership which has strong representation from carers, voluntary and community sector organisations and statutory sector partners

Contact: Ian Brooke-Mawson, Strategic Commissioning Manager 0113 378 4183 Email: ian.brooke-mawson@leeds.gov.uk.

Publication date: 21/01/2019

Date of decision: 29/01/2019

Effective from: 29/01/2019

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