Purpose

Approval to award for a Children/Young People Home &
Community Support Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System and 3x block
contracts.

Decision

Cabinet:
 
1. Approved the award of 3x Children/Young People Home &
Community Support block contracts, each with a contract term of 3
years with an option to extend up to 2 years in increments of 12
months from the 01.02.2024, as follows:
1.1. to Circles Network (Company
number: 02972700), with a value of £50,000 per annum
(£250,000 for the contract term including extension
period).
1.2. to Sabanu Care Ltd (Company
number: 12922944), with a value of £50,000 per annum
(£250,000 for the contract term including extension
period).
1.3. to Greenhill Healthcare Ltd
(Company number: 13796928), with a value of £50,000 per annum
(£250,000 for the contract term including extension
period).
 
2. Approved the award of the Children/Young People’s Home
& Community Support Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System (PDPS);
the contract term is 5 + 3 + 2 years and has an overall contract
value of up to £10,000,000 over the whole contract term
(including 2 extension periods). The list of approved providers
were outlined in Appendix 1.
 
3. Delegated approval to the Executive Director Adult Social
Care & Commissioning to extend the Contract Term up to 10 years
(for the PDPS) in accordance with the contract provisions.
 
4. Delegated approval to the Executive Director Adult Social
Care & Commissioning to extend the Contract Term for each or
any of the 3x block contracts up to 5 years (per block contract) in
accordance with the contract provisions.
 
5. Delegated approval to the Executive Director Adult Social
Care & Commissioning to agree to an uplift (per annum) on the
hourly rate; subject to internal governance arrangements and the
value given in the published Contract Notice.