Issue - decisions
Implement a procurement plan for supported housing
14/03/2011 - Supporting people procurement plan and related contract issues
(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.