Decision details

Direct Award Of A Contract For A Learning Disability (LD) Service And Early Termination Of The Contract For A LD Service

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

Adult Social Care Strategic Commissioning is in the process of developing a Procurement Strategy for services for People with Learning Disabilities across the three boroughs. This report is concerned with the direct award of a contract to an existing provider and the early termination of a contract in order to align contract end dates to allow the phased introduction of a new model for LD Services (as detailed in a separate report).

Decision:

1          To note that the recommendations in this report will align the end dates for learning disabilities accommodation services across the three boroughs to allow for a phased introduction of a proposed new model for learning disabilities services between 1st April 2017 and 30th June 2017.

 

2          That in accordance with table 3.1 of the H&F Contract Standing Orders,  the Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care and the Leader of the Council agrees to waive the H&F Contract Standing Orders  to allow the  contract for learning disabilities services detailed in Table 2.3.1  to be extended to  30th June 2017 by means of direct award to the existing provider.

 

3          That in accordance with H&F Contract Standing Orders, the H&F Cabinet agree to the direct award of a contract as detailed in  Table 2.3.1

 

Table 2.3.1

 

Provider

Contract

Length of extension

Value of extension

Yarrow Housing

9 Homes, 43 units

1st October 2016 - 30 June 2017

2,023,305

 

4          That in accordance with section 20.4.1of the Contract Standing Orders H&F Cabinet agrees to utilise the break clauses for the contract with Metropolitan Support Trust  for 12 supported living units  in order to bring forward the end date from 30th September 2017 to 30th June 2017.

 

Report author: David Goulding

Publication date: 05/07/2016

Date of decision: 04/07/2016

Decided at meeting: 04/07/2016 - Cabinet

Effective from: 11/07/2016

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