Issue - meetings

The purpose of this report is to seek Executive authority to invite tenders for a carers’ services contract as required by Contract Standing Orders 88 and 89. Following a departmental review and consultation of the Council’s services for carers, Adult Social Care is proposing the development and procurement of a Carers Services Hub to provide a single point of contact for carers through the coordination and delivery of a wide range of services.  In addition this report provides an analysis of the extensive consultation with carers that was undertaken jointly with NHS Brent.

(i)         that approval be given to the pre-tender considerations and the criteria to be used to evaluate tenders as set out in paragraph 5.1 of the report from the Director of Adult Social Services;

(ii)        that approval be given to the invite of tenders and their evaluation in accordance with the approved evaluation criteria referred to in (i) above.

(iii)       that approval be given to a ten week extension to the existing carers contracts detailed at Appendix D until the 15February 2013 for the reasons set out in paragraph 5.3 of the report.

Councillor Hirani (Lead Member, Adults and Health) introduced the report from the Director of Adult Social Services which sought authority for the invitation of tenders for a carers services contract as required by Contract Standing Orders 88 and 89. Following a departmental review of the Council’s services for carers, Adult Social Care was proposing the development and procurement of a Carers Services Hub to provide a single point of contact for carers through the coordination and delivery of a wide range of services. Councillor Hirani stated that this was in line with best practice and drew attention to the pre-tender considerations and evaluation criteria. He also asked members to approve an extension to existing carers contracts due to the need to carry out more extensive consultation than previously anticipated.

RESOLVED:

(i)         that approval be given to the pre-tender considerations and the criteria to be used to evaluate tenders as set out in paragraph 5.1 of the report from the Director of Adult Social Services;

(ii)        that approval be given to the invitation of tenders and their evaluation in accordance with the approved evaluation criteria referred to in (i) above;

(iii)       that approval be given to a ten week extension to the existing carers contracts detailed at Appendix D of the report until the 15February 2013 for the reasons set out in paragraph 5.3 of the report.