Agenda item - Transfer of Adult Social Care Learning Disability Services

Cabinet delegates authority to the Corporate Director for Homes & Adult Social Care, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, Public Health and Service Transformation, to:

1)    Take all necessary steps to procure and award contract/s for the provision of residential and supported living services for adults with learning disabilities and autism;

2)    Take all necessary steps to award repair and maintenance leases for the 4 buildings described in 3.5 and 3.6;

3)    Agree the anticipated maximum value of the contract/s of £31m, subject to final confirmation of pension contributions; and

4)    Agree to initial five (5) year terms for the contracts and leases, with the option to extend for a period or periods of up to five (5) additional years, subject to paragraph 2.2. 

5)    Cabinet delegates authority to the Corporate Director for Homes & Adult Social Care, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, Public Health and Service Transformation, to grant the optional extension of the contract/s referred to in 2.1.1 and the leases in 2.2.2, subject to satisfactory performance of the provider/s.

195.1   Cabinet considered a report that sought approval to conduct a procurement exercise to appoint suitably experienced and qualified provider/s to take over four Council run services for people learning disabilities some of whom are also autistic.

195.2   Councillors Daniel, Allen, Taylor, Williams, Robinson and Miller asked questions and contributed to the debate of the report.

195.3   Resolved-

Cabinet delegates authority to the Corporate Director for Homes & Adult Social Care, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, Public Health and Service Transformation, to:

1)    Take all necessary steps to procure and award contract/s for the provision of residential and supported living services for adults with learning disabilities and autism;

2)    Take all necessary steps to award repair and maintenance leases for the 4 buildings described in 3.5 and 3.6;

3)    Agree the anticipated maximum value of the contract/s of £31m, subject to final confirmation of pension contributions; and

4)    Agree to initial five (5) year terms for the contracts and leases, with the option to extend for a period or periods of up to five (5) additional years, subject to paragraph 2.2. 

5)    Cabinet delegates authority to the Corporate Director for Homes & Adult Social Care, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, Public Health and Service Transformation, to grant the optional extension of the contract/s referred to in 2.1.1 and the leases in 2.2.2, subject to satisfactory performance of the provider/s.