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This report requests authority to award a Framework Agreement as required by Contract Standing Order No 88. This report summarises the process undertaken in tendering this Framework Agreement and, following the completion of the evaluation of the tenders, recommends providers to be appointed onto the Framework Agreement and the award of five (5) call-off contracts to the proposed Framework Providers. This report further requests authority to renew a number of existing contracts for 5 - 9 weeks to ensure planned implementation for the five call-off contracts referred to in Paragraph 1.1.

(i)    that approval be given to appoint to the Framework the providers listed in paragraph 3.27 for Supporting People services for a period of four years;

(ii)   that approval to award five call-off contracts to the providers detailed in paragraph 3.32 for a period of two years followed by discretionary extensions of 1 year plus 1 year (up to a maximum of four years);

(iii)  that approval be given to exemption in accordance with Contract Standing Order 84(a) from the usual tendering requirements of Contract Standing Orders to renew the existing 26 Supporting People contracts referred to in paragraph 3.9 for 5 weeks and 9 weeks on the basis of good operational and financial reasons as set out in paragraph 3.9 of the report from the Directors of Adult Social Services and Regeneration and Major Projects.

Members had before them a joint report from the Directors of Adult Social Services and Regeneration and Major Projects which requested authority to award a Framework Agreement for supporting people services as required by Contract Standing Order No 88. The report summarised the process undertaken in tendering the Framework Agreement and, following the completion of the evaluation of the tenders, recommended providers to be appointed onto the Framework Agreement and the award of five call-off contracts to the proposed Framework Providers. This report further requested authority to renew a number of existing contracts for five to nine weeks to ensure planned implementation for the five call-off contracts.

Councilor Hirani (Lead Member, Adults and Health) referred to the preventative work carried out under the programme and the services provided both statutory and non-statutory.  The aim was to help as many people as possible with an extensive contract and increased efficiencies which would generate savings. Councillor Hirani drew attention to the list of providers, which he was pleased to note, included some based locally.

The Executive also had before them appendices to the report which were not for publication as they contained the following category of exempt information as specified in paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, namely:

“Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding the information).”

RESOLVED:

(i)         that approval be given to appoint to the Framework the providers listed in paragraph 3.27 of the report from the Directors of Adult Social Services and Regeneration and Major Projects for Supporting People services for a period of four years;

(ii)        that approval be given to award five call-off contracts to the providers detailed in paragraph 3.35 of the report for a period of two years followed by discretionary extensions of 1 year plus 1 year (up to a maximum of four years);

(iii)       that approval be given to exemption, in accordance with Contract Standing Order 84(a), from the usual tendering requirements of Contract Standing Orders to renew the existing 26 Supporting People contracts referred to in paragraph 3.9 for 5 weeks and 9 weeks on the basis of good operational and financial reasons as set out in paragraph 3.9 of the report from the Directors of Adult Social Services and Regeneration and Major Projects.