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Mental Health Supported Living Schemes

Meeting: 14/08/2017 - Cabinet (Item 9)

9 Authority to Award, Care and Support Contract for Mental Health Supported Living Schemes PDF 97 KB

In accordance with Contract Standing Orders 88 and 89, this report seeks Cabinet authority to award 2 Accommodation plus contracts for a period of 4+1 years. These contracts will be for two Mental Health Supported Living Schemes at Park Avenue North and Forty Lane. This report summarises the process undertaken in tendering these contracts, and provides recommendations of the organisations the contracts should be awarded to as determined through the completion of the evaluation of the tenders.

Additional documents:

Appendix 1 - RESTRICTED , View reasons restricted (9/2)
Appendix 2 - Tender Evaluation, item 9 PDF 95 KB
Appendix 3 - Equality Analysis, item 9 PDF 178 KB

Decision:

RESOLVED that:

9.1 The contract for the Mental Health Supported Living Scheme at Park Avenue North be awarded to Equinox Care for a period of 4 years with an option to extend for a further 1 year. (4+1); and

9.2 The contract for the Mental Health Supported Living Scheme at Forty Lane be awarded to Look Ahead for a period of 4 years with an option to extend for a further 1 year. (4+1).

Minutes:

Councillor Krupesh Hirani, Cabinet Member for Community Wellbeing, introduced the report stating that, in accordance with Contract Standing Orders 88 and 89, this report seeks Cabinet authority to award 2 Accommodation plus contracts for a period of 4+1 years.

These contracts will be for two Mental Health Supported Living Schemes at Park Avenue North and Forty Lane. There is also one more scheme at Prout Grove which does not meet the financial threshold to be heard at Cabinet.

Councillor Hirani stated that this report summarises the process undertaken in tendering these contracts, and provides recommendations of the organisations the contracts should be awarded to as determined through the completion of the evaluation of the tenders.