Decisions for issue Commissioning of Supported Living Service for People with Cognitive Impairment (Acquired Brain Injury)

NB: The Resolutions set out below incorporate the amended recommendations as agreed at the meeting and include a new recommendation 3 as shown below:

RESOLVED - (1) That Board agrees to award a three-year contract to the Service Provider that has been evaluated as providing the most economically advantageous tender;

(2) To grant delegated authority to the Executive Director of Health and Adult Social Care (HASC) to extend the contract at the end of the three-year term for a further period or periods of up to two years in total subject to satisfactory performance and available budget; and

(3) That the contract be reviewed at the end of its second year to help build capacity to develop a potential in-house model of delivery for such services in the future and the review to be reported to the Health and Wellbeing Board prior to any extension or re-tender.

            Consideration of this report was deferred, it would be the subject of a specially convened meeting for its sole consideration. The date, time and venue for that meeting to be confirmed as soon as possible.