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RESOLVED:
To award the contract for the delivery of
Care and support at Limetree Court
& St Peters House to Supplier A for a period of up to four
years in total (2+1+1) commencing in November 2023 at a maximum
cost of £3,126,339.
 
 
Reasons For Decision
See Business Case.
 
1. This report asks CPIC to approve the award of contract
for the delivery of Care and support at Limetree Court & St Peters House to Supplier
A.
 
2. Local Authorities, under the Care Act 2014, have a duty
to promote wellbeing. The Act highlights the importance of
preventing or delaying the development of needs for care and
support and the importance of reducing needs that already exist.
This service is designed to reduce the need for individuals to go
into residential or nursing care homes wherever possible and to
promote independence and self
care.
 
3. The contract will deliver care and support at both
Housing with Care schemes to meet the local need.
 
Alternative Options (Considered and
Rejected)
 
1. The following 4 options were appraised for the future of
the provision in the borough:
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Option 1: Insourced provision of care
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Option 2: Commissioned 24 hour scheme (preferred)
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Option 3: Commissioned Non-24 hour scheme
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Option 4: Commissioned rebranded sheltered scheme
 
2. Option 2 was agreed as the preferred option by the
Cabinet Procurement and Insourcing Committee in October 2022.
Options 3 and 4 were considered as potential routes to savings but
were not considered practical at this time (see section 5.9 of the
Business Case Report).
 
3. Insourcing was considered as an option, however at
present this is not a viable option as the capacity to insource is
currently interdependent upon the completion of the Council’s
Housing with Care review and redesign. Until the review and the
outcome of the CQC inspection is favourable the continuation of
commissioned provision for care and support is considered to be the
best option in order to ensure and maintain service stability and
value for money.