Issue - meetings

Permission to Procure Home Care

Additional documents:

Decision:

Having considered an open officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Health & Adult Social Care, Councillor Chris Best, the Mayor and

Cabinet agreed that:

(1) the procurement of the following nine contracts be approved all for a

period of 5 years with the option to extend for up to a further 2 years with

estimated total costs as set out in the table below:

Contract	Estimated annual value	Estimated value – 5 years	Estimated value – 7 years
Neighbourhood 1	£2,500,000	£12,500,000	£17,500,000
Neighbourhood 2	£6,000,000	£30,000,000	£42,00,000
Neighbourhood 3	£5,300,000	£26,500,000	£37,100,000
Neighbourhood 4	£3,200,000	£16,000,000	£22,400,000
5: Specialist End of Life Care advice, support and training	£120,000	£600,000	£840,000
6: Specialist Mental Health advice, support and training	£120,000	£600,000	£840,000
7: Specialist advice, support and training to support the effective management of individuals with advanced dementia including those presenting with behaviours that challenge	£120,000	£600,000	£840,000
8: Specialist Learning Disability and autism advice, support and training	£120,000	£600,000	£840,000
9: Specialist advice, support and training to enable all those in receipt of commissioned home care to maximise meaningful life roles e.g. enabling community engagement.	£120,000	£600,000	£840,000

(2) delegated authority be given to the Executive Director for Community

Services, following stage 1 of the procurement process, to determine the

short-listed suppliers recommended to stage 2 of the procurement process.

Minutes:

During the presentation of the report, Councillor Best reported that the

responsible Director, Dee Carlin would be moving to a new job after 25 years

serving Lewisham. The Mayor thanked her for her contribution which

encompassed a huge range of critical works.