The Director of Adult Social Services approved the following recommendations:
- that the Council exercises the options available within the existing contract, pursuant to Contract Procedure Rule 21.1, to extend the contract by two further periods of three months each, to continue the provision of the current services from 1st April 2017 until 30th September 2017, with a contract value of £136,250 for the six-month period.
- the authority to commence a procurement exercise for the provision of the new service for a contract period of five years, with options to extend by a further three years. The value of the contract is £272.5K per annum.
- the new model of service delivery and change of location of the day centre, noting the outcome of the consultation exercise.
- to approve the introduction of the local authority’s assessment, eligibility and charging policies to the services, noting the outcome of the consultation exercise. However, further consultation is to take place with people who currently use the services after assessments have been carried out, in order to fully understand the impact of introducing the policies.
The Commissioning Manager, Dementia, to be responsible for ensuring the recommendations are implemented.