Purpose

Approval is required to hold an open
procurement for a care market representative.

The purpose of this organisation is to support the care market in
North Yorkshire ensuring that care providers are involved and
informed across a whole range of quality, safety, finance, and
business operating aspects. The organisation is required to engage
and contribute to, local, operational and system wide discussions.
The organisation is consulted on matters affecting the care market
in North Yorkshire and represents the care market in negotiations
around the annual inflationary uplift award.

A service agreement is in place ceasing on 30th September 2024. The
new Care Market Representative contract will commence from the 1st
October 2024.

Decision

Approval has been given to commence a
procurement of the care market representative contract, but with an
amended agreement of 3 years + 2 years option. Agreement to
increase the current budget by a nominal uplift to an annual value
of £40,000 per annum.