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Authority to Award Contract for Advocacy Services

Decision Maker: Director - Adult Social Care

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

Approval to award a contract for advocacy services.

Decision:

To approves the award of a contract for the provision of Advocacy Services for an initial contract term of one (1) year with an option to extend for up to a further two (2) years on a one (1) year basis each time (1+1+1) to POhWER for the sum of £706,486.00.

Reasons for the decision:

As detailed within the accompanying report.

Interests and Nature of Interests Declared:

None

Reason Key: Signficant expenditure/savings of £500k or more;

Wards Affected: (All Wards);

Cabinet/Committee Decision or Scheme of Delegation: Officver Scheme of Delegation (Part 3 - Constitution) & Contract Standing Orders

Parties Consulted: As this contract has borough wide implications, specific consultation has not been carried out with ward councillors. There has been engagement with service users and support agencies in Brent. To gain views and experiences of the service users and where we could make improvement on service provision.

Contact: Andrew Davies, Head of Commissioning, Contract and Market Management Email: andrew.davies@brent.gov.uk Tel: 020 8937 1609.

Publication date: 27/06/2023

Date of decision: 26/06/2023

Effective from: 28/06/2023

Accompanying Documents:

 

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