Decision Maker: Cabinet

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

Date of Decision: September 17, 2025

Purpose: To provide Cabinet with a report outlining the business case for an improvement partner to support adult social care to deliver its Prevent, Reduce, Delay Transformation workstream.

Content: Cllr Dr Kate Usmar sought Cabinet approval to procure the services of an external improvement partner to support Gloucestershire County Council’s (GCC’s) Adult Social Care service to deliver the objectives of GCC’s “Prevent, Reduce, Delay” transformation workstream.   Having considered all of the information, Cabinet noted the report and RESOLVED to:     1.              Approve the procurement, by means of a competitive process, of a contract for the supply of consultancy services by an external improvement partner to support the delivery of GCC’s Adult Social Care transformation programme described in the main body of this report. The proposed contract will continue for a period of eighteen months. 2.              Delegate authority to the Executive Director of Adult Social Care, Wellbeing and Communities, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adults’ Support and Independence, the S151 Officer, and the Cabinet Member for Finance, Assets & Transformation to award the above contract to the preferred tenderer, following receipt of a financial case and benefits realisation plan.