Purpose

The decision is to appoint
providers to the Adults Flexible Purchasing System for Housing
Related Support following a procurement application process,
supported by a tender evaluation report.

Decision

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

RECORD OF OFFICER NON-EXECUTIVE DECISION

 
 

Date of Decision:
 

12.9.23

Title:

Decision to appoint providers to
the Adults Flexible Purchasing System for Housing Related
Support 

Decision Maker:
(Including Job
Title)

Ian
Spicer
Strategic Director
of Adult Care,
Housing and Public Health

Details of Specific Committee
Delegation
or Delegation contained in the
relevant Sub-Scheme of Delegation.
 

Under Section 4C3 of the
Responsibilities for Functions document (App 9 of the Constitution)
the Strategic Director of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health is
authorisedto discharge executive functions through the
commissioning and provision of social services for adults and
public health services for the whole population and delivery of
housing for the Borough, including:-
3. Public Health (a)
Commissioning and Quality (b) Health Improvement (c) Health
Intelligence (d) Health Protection

Decision:

The decision is to appoint 5
providers to the Adults Flexible Purchasing System for Housing
Related Support following a procurement application process,
supported by a tender evaluation report. 

·      
Action Housing and Support
Ltd.   

·      
Nacro

·      
People’s Potential
Possibilities
(P3) 

·      
South Yorkshire Housing Association
Limited.

·      
Target Housing Limited

Reasons for the
Decision:

On 17 October
2022 Cabinet approved the remodelling of existing Adult Housing Related Support
services to create one single pathway

using a Flexible Purchasing System which
will support a ‘no wrong door’ approach into
services.

 

A subsequent procurement Business Case
was approved by Scott Matthewman, Assistant Director of Strategic
Commissioning (Adult Care, Housing and Public Health) on the 26 May
2023, recommending a procurement
exercise to establish a Housing Related Support: Flexible
Purchasing System (FPS). 

 
The
application process for appointing partners onto the new Housing
Related SupportFPS has now been completed. As
a result, the Council has secured five providers who have been
identified as having the capability and capacity to apply for the
planned further competitions defined in the procurement Business
Case due to commence October 2023.

Where the decision is
made under specific delegation from a decision
making body, the names of any member of the relevant body
who has declared a conflict of interest in relation to the decision
and name of the body granting the specific delegation and the date
when it did so:
 

None

Reports or parts of
reports considered

Cabinet Report: 17 October 2022
(link to
Cabinet Report) 

 

Tender evaluation report
(This report is exempt)

21-282 Housing Related Support
FlexiblePurchasing System.
Presented and approved by Ian
Spicer, Strategic Director, Adult Care, Housing and Public Health
on 5 September 2023.

 
I certify that this
is a true record of the decision in relation to
appoint providers to the Adults
Flexible Purchasing System for Housing Related
Support.
 

 
Signed by the Decision Maker                                 
Dated: 05.09.23     
 
Name: Ian
Spicer                                  
Job
Title: StrategicDirector,
Adult Care, Housing and Public Health