Issue - meetings
Advocacy Services - Learning Disabilities, Safeguarding, Mental Health and Older People and Young People with Physical Disabilities
Meeting: 16/06/2014 - Executive (Item 5)
PDF 134 KBIn accordance with Contract Standing Orders 88 this report seeks Cabinet authority to award a 2 + 1 year contract for Advocacy Services for Safeguarding, Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Older People with Physical Disabilities and Younger People with Physical Disabilities. The report summarises the process undertaken in tendering this contract and following completion of the evaluation of the tender, recommends to whom the contract should be awarded.
Additional documents:
Decision:
RESOLVED:
(i) that Voiceability Limited be awarded a contract as lead organisation for a consortium for Advocacy Services for Safeguarding Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Older People with Physical Disabilities and Younger People with Physical Disabilities for a term of 2 years with a possible extension of 1 year, starting on 1 July 2014;
(ii) that the reasons, as detailed in paragraph 3.7 of the report submitted, for the further extension to the existing contracts from their current expiry date of 31May 2014 to the commencement date of the contract detailed in (i) above be noted and that the legal advice, detailed in paragraph 5.3 of the report submitted, as to the use of delegated powers to effect such extension be also noted.
Minutes:
Councillor Hirani (Lead Member for Adults, Health and Well-being) introduced the report which summarised the process undertaken to tender for the advocacy services contract and recommended the award of the contract. He pointed out that the contract covered a new area of provision for younger people with physical disabilities and that there was a focus on education and training. Councillor Hirani explained that three organisations had expressed an interest and this had resulted in them submitting a consortium bid. In answer to a question about how duplication of service provision could be avoided, Councillor Hirani stated that there was currently no duplication of provision in this area but acknowledged that it would require the appropriate contract management to avoid this occurring in the future.
RESOLVED:
(i) that Voiceability Limited be awarded a contract as lead organisation for a consortium for Advocacy Services for Safeguarding Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Older People with Physical Disabilities and Younger People with Physical Disabilities for a term of 2 years with a possible extension of 1 year, starting on 1 July 2014;
(ii) that the reasons, as detailed in paragraph 3.7 of the report submitted, for the further extension to the existing contracts from their current expiry date of 31May 2014 to the commencement date of the contract detailed in (i) above be noted and that the legal advice, detailed in paragraph 5.3 of the report submitted, as to the use of delegated powers to effect such extension be also noted.