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Community Equipment Contract

Meeting: 15/05/2023 - Cabinet (Item 4)

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Decision:

1.     To approve the decision to remain with London Consortium Community Equipment Framework, managed by RBKC and WCC who have awarded the NRS contract for 5+2 years.

 

2.     To enter into a ‘Call-off’ agreement from the 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2028 with a potential extension for 2 years from the above-mentioned framework to appoint NRS as the Council’s supplier of Community Equipment, Assistive Technology and Minor Adaptations.

 

3.     To approve the £13,723,200 as the total value for seven years

 

Minutes:

Councillor Ben Coleman introduced the report seeking to approve the decision to remain with London Consortium Community Equipment Framework. The consortium created a framework for London based Social Care and Health Services to buy community equipment. The framework reached an end and the consortium went through a procurement for a new provider (NRS) to supply community equipment. The report recommended to stay with the consortium for another 5+2 years.

 

AGREED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE CABINET MEMBERS:

1.     To approve the decision to remain with London Consortium Community Equipment Framework, managed by RBKC and WCC who have awarded the NRS contract for 5+2 years.

 

2.     To enter into a ‘Call-off’ agreement from the 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2028 with a potential extension for 2 years from the above-mentioned framework to appoint NRS as the Council’s supplier of Community Equipment, Assistive Technology and Minor Adaptations.

 

3.     To approve the £13,723,200 as the total value for seven years