Decision details

That the immediate commencement of tendering in relation to the supported living services that form part of the Southside Partnership contract to ensure the ongoing provision of care and support services from 1^st April 2021 be approved.

The Council has a contract in place with the Southside Partnership to provide Learning Disability (LD) supported living and community based day and respite services. Executive approval was obtained in November 2019 to extend the contract for a period of up to 2 years from 1^st October 2020 to 30^th September 2022. The Council was unable to reach mutual terms to extend the contract as originally intended and subsequent negotiation has resulted in a 6 month extension of the contract to 31^st March 2021. 

The Council is undertaking a review that will determine the future direction of LD day and respite provision; a report detailing the outcome of the review will be presented to Executive by December 2020. 

The current value of the supported living element of the contract is £1,390k pa. With the intention to award the new contract for an initial period of 5 years, with the option to extend for 2 further periods of 2 years each, the contract value over the full term is estimated to be £12,510k and requires Leader approval to commence the tender process.