Purpose

On the 22 July 2025 Cabinet gave permission to
establish a five Lot, ILSS Framework Agreement, to commence on the
6 October 2025. Following this approval, notification letters were
issued to the un/successful Bidders.
 
The Council received multiple challenges. Upon
review, flaws in the moderation process and content of the
notifications were identified, and on the 11 September 2025, the
Chief Executive in partnership with The Mayor and Chair of Overview
and Scrutiny gave permission to abandon the tender, and the extend
the current arrangements by a month.
 
This paper seeks permission to further extend
the current arrangements whilst the procurement exercise in
re-run.

Decision

For the reasons set out in this report and its
appendices, Cabinet RESOLVED to Agree to:
 

i) 
Extend the:

(a) ILSS Framework Agreement;

(b) Home Care Dynamic Purchasing System;

(c) Dynamic Purchasing System platform (sproc.net) until the 31 May
2027 as set out in section 4 of this paper; and waive any
requirements of Contract Standing Orders as necessary.

ii) 
Delegate authority to the Interim Corporate Director of Adults and
Health, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Social
Care and Health to finalise and enter into all documentation to
give effect to the decision at 3.1(a).

iii) 
Delegate authority to the Corporate Director of Children’s
and Young People’s Services, in consultation with the Cabinet
Member for Children and Young People’s Services to finalise
and enter into all documentation to give effect to the decision at
3.1(b) and 3.1.(c).

iv) 
Delegate authority to the Interim Corporate Director of Adults and
Health and Corporate Director of Children and Young People’s
Service in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Social
care and Health and Cabinet Member for Children and Young
People’s Services to finalise the new procurement design and
approve commencement of the procurement. This will take place after
a review, in which internal audit have been asked to assist.
 
Alternatives
considered
 
a) 
There are no alternatives, due to the statutory duty to provide
Home Care.