Decision details

Authority to undertake a procurement exercise to commission a five year contract with the option to extend for a period of up to 36 months for the provision of a Personal Assistant (PA), Managed Bank Account (MBA) and Payroll Service for people in receipt of a Direct Payment of Personal Health Budget

The Director of Adults and Health :

• Approved authority to proceed with a procurement process, as outlined in this report and in line with Contract Procedure Rules (CPRs) 3.1.8, to appoint a suitable provider/s to deliver the Personal Assistant (PA), Payroll and Managed Bank Account Service from 1^st December 2021. The maximum contract value for two years is £820,000.  The contract value for 2 years and an option to extend up to 36 months is £2,050,000.
• Approved the waiver of CPRs 9.1 and 9.2 to enter into an interim contract with Leeds Centre of Integrated Living (LCIL) from 1^st April 2021 for a period of eight months to enable the facilitation of a six month mobilisation period under the current Direct Payment Support Service contract that is due to expire on 31^st March 2021. 

Noted that:

·  The Director of Adults and Health will use her delegated authority to take commissioning decisions which will be a direct consequence of this key decision, for example approval of the detailed specifications for procurement and subsequent contract award.  This is subject to the decision being in line with the key principles and features as described in the report.

Through Members Briefings and other meetings via Skype.

Briefing to Executive member for Health, Wellbeing; as well as discussions with Directorate of Children and Families and the Integrated Commissioning Executive.