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Following
consideration of the officer report, appendices and discussion, the
Executive:
 
a.    
Approved the outcome of the procurement process
to award a contract to the supplier named in Tender Evaluation
Report Confidential Appendix B to provide the
following:
 
Lot 1
– Connector/Navigator Service –
The
contract will be for a four-year period with the opportunity for
extensions.
 
Lot 2
– Somerset Carers Support Service.
This
contract is jointly commissioned with NHS Somerset. The contract
will be for a four-year period with the opportunity for
extensions.
 
b.   
Agreed to grant a delegation to the Executive
Director for Adult Services in consultation with the Lead Member
for Adult Services to agree annual extensions to the initial 4-year
contract up to a maximum of 4 further years.
 
c.    
Agreed the case for applying the exempt
information provision as set out in the Local Government Act 1972,
Schedule 12A and therefore to treat the attached confidential
Appendix B in confidence, as it contains commercially sensitive
information, and as the case for the public interest in maintaining
the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing that
information.