Issue - meetings

The Board considered a report of the Director of Adult Social Services, which sought approval to extend the current services provided by external providers for the Adult Social Care Contracts.

          The Board was advised that the authority had contracts in place with MIND, Halton Carers Centre and Halton Healthwatch, to provide services as set out in the report. It was reported that all these contracts were due to expire on 31 March 2016.

          Following the implementation of the Care Act in April 2015, the Local Authority had been working with these service providers to achieve service specification re-design, better quality and value for money and improved integration within an evolving system of integrated health and social care services.

          It was noted that the extension of these contracts to 31 March 2017 required a waiver of Procurement Standing Orders. Details of the total financial cost to the authority were detailed in Appendix 1, attached to the report.

          RESOLVED: That

1)    the use of Procurement Standing Orders 1.8.3 (e) and (f) be agreed to waive Procurement Standing Orders 4.1 and 4.1 (a), in respect of the current contracts with MIND, Halton Carers Centre and Healhwatch; and

2)    an extension of the existing contracts listed in Appendix 1, attached to the report, be agreed for a period of up to one year from 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017.