Purpose

To award a contract to for the
provision of the Rotherham Advocacy Service to the successful
bidder following a competitive procurement exercise.

Decision

 

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION
 

Date of Decision:

29th October
2024
 
Rotherham Advocacy
Services - Tender Outcome

Decision Maker:
(Including Job
Title)

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

Specific Delegation:
(If any)

Appendix 9, Section
4C3, of the Council’s Constitution provides that “The
Strategic Director of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health is
authorised to 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: (4) Strategic Commissioning;
(a) Commissioning”. 

Brief Description of
Decision:

To award a contract
for the provision of the Rotherham Advocacy Service to Cloverleaf
Advocacy 2000 Ltd, following a competitive procurement process, and
approval of a Tender Evaluation Report.

Reasons for the
Decision:
 
 

Independent advocacy services are necessary to meet
all of the Council’s statutory requirements under the Care
Act 2014, the Mental Capacity Act 2005, the Mental Health Act 2007
and the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Statutory independent
advocacy services provide support to people:
·       
who may require assistance throughout the care and
support assessment and through the review process
·       
who are the subject of an adult safeguarding enquiry
or a safeguarding adults review and may experience difficulty in
understanding the process,
·       
who lack mental capacity to make decisions about
themselves
·       
who are detained under the Mental Health
Act
·       
who require support to complain about services
provided by the NHS.
The current
contractual arrangement ends 31st March 2025.  The recent competitive procurement process has
secured ongoing service for a period of five years to 31st March
2030. 

Details of alternative
options considered and rejected:

None
considered.

Conflicts of interest
declared by any Executive Member consulted by the decision maker
which relates to the decision:

No conflicts of
interest declared.

Dispensations
Granted:
(If any)

N/A.

Reports or parts of
reports considered

None
considered.

 
I
certify that this is a true record of the Executive Decision in
relation to the use of a competitive procurement process to secure
future provision of a Rotherham Advocacy Service.
 
Signed by the Decision
Maker                          
       
Dated:  29 October 2024

Name:  Ian Spicer
Job Title: Strategic Director
of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health