Issue - meetings
Implement a procurement plan for supported housing
Meeting: 14/03/2011 - Executive (Item 8)
8 Supporting people procurement plan and related contract issues PDF 169 KB
In May 2007 Brent Council’s Executive agreed a 4 year Procurement Plan for contracts funded through Supporting People Grant. As the period covered by this plan is coming to an end, this report sets out a Procurement Plan for Supporting People funded services for the next 3 years. The report requests authority to approve the award of new contracts for Supporting People funded contracts providing services for women escaping violence and homeless families and services for single homeless people in order to allow sufficient time for them to be procured in line with the Procurement Plan.
Decision:
(i) that the timetable for procurement of Supporting People services set out in the Procurement Plan attached at Appendix A of the report from the Director of Housing and Community Care be noted;
(ii) that approval be given to participation in a collaborative procurement project to tender a joint Framework Agreement for housing and support services with other West London boroughs and that this project be exempted from the normal requirements of Brent’s Contract Standing Orders on the basis of the reasons set out in section 5 of the report;
(iii) that agreement be given to an exemption from tendering requirements for the reasons set out in section 6 of the report, and approve the award of new contracts for Supporting People funded contracts providing services for Women Escaping Violence and Homeless Families (as listed in para 6.2 of this report). The new contracts will be for 15 months from 1 April 2011 to 31 June 2012, with the scope to extend for up to 9 months to 31 March 2013 (2 years in total) in order to allow time for new contracts to be put in place.
(iv) that agreement be given to an exemption from tendering requirements for the reasons set out in section 7 of the report, and approval given to the award of new contracts for Supporting People funded contracts providing services Supporting People funded contracts providing services for Single Homeless (as listed in para 7.2 of the report). The new contracts will be for fifteen months from 1 April 2011 to 31 June 2012 with the scope to extend for up to another year to 31 March 2013 (2 years in total) in order to allow time for new contracts to be put in place.
Minutes:
In May 2007, agreement was given to a four year procurement plan for contracts funded through Supporting People Grant. As the period covered by this plan was coming to an end, the report from the Director of Housing and Community Care set out a Procurement Plan for Supporting People funded services for the next three years. Councillor Thomas (Lead Member, Housing and Customer Services) advised that the report requested authority to approve the award of new contracts for Supporting People funded contracts providing services for women escaping violence and homeless families and services for single homeless people in order to allow sufficient time for them to be procured in line with the Procurement Plan. The council would be participating in a West London agreement which would also help to generate savings.
RESOLVED:-
(i) that the timetable for procurement of Supporting People services set out in the Procurement Plan attached at Appendix A of the report from the Director of Housing and Community Care be noted;
(ii) that approval be given to participation in a collaborative procurement project to tender a joint Framework Agreement for housing and support services with other West London boroughs and that this project be exempted from the normal requirements of Brent’s Contract Standing Orders on the basis of the reasons set out in section 5 of the report;
(iii) that agreement be given to an exemption from tendering requirements for the reasons set out in section 6 of the report, and approve the award of new contracts for Supporting People funded contracts providing services for Women Escaping Violence and Homeless Families (as listed in para 6.2 of the report from the Director of Housing and Community Care). The new contracts would be for 15 months from 1 April 2011 to 31 June 2012, with the scope to extend for up to 9 months to 31 March 2013 (2 years in total) in order to allow time for new contracts to be put in place;
(iv) that agreement be given to an exemption from tendering requirements for the reasons set out in section 7 of the report, and approval given to the award of new contracts for Supporting People funded contracts providing services Supporting People funded contracts providing services for Single Homeless (as listed in para 7.2 of the report). The new contracts would be for fifteen months from 1 April 2011 to 31 June 2012 with the scope to extend for up to another year to 31 March 2013 (2 years in total) in order to allow time for new contracts to be put in place.