Purpose

West Sussex County Council
(WSCC) set up day service contracts in 2015 with independent
organisations to provide day services for adults with Learning
Disabilities and/or Autism. The current contracts with the County
Council are in their final year of and need to be
re-tendered.  Much has changed since the
contracts were set up and Commissioners have reviewed the model of
Day, Employment and Volunteering Services and whether this
continues to best meet individuals’ needs.
 
The intention is that the
outcome will be co-designed, community-based interventions that
raise aspiration, encourage independence and healthy active
lives.  The process will also consider
how commissioned services link in to and complement the
Council’s directly provided services.
 
Following the approval of a
tender process to re-commission new services by the Cabinet Member
for Adults Services the Director of Adults and Health will be asked
to award the contract (s) to the successful bidder, following the
principles of good outcomes, quality of service, value for money
and additional social capital when evaluating tenders.

Decision

The Director of Adults and Health has approved
the award of the contracts to the successful bidders as set out in
section 2 of the report.