Issue - meetings

Report CS18086-1

The Committee considered a report which outlined the outcome of negotiations with the existing service provider to continue to deliver housing management and independent living services at Lewis House.

Lewis House was a community venue which offered a range of services to Bromley residents that gave people with disabilities the opportunity to test out equipment and view adaptations before purchase.  This provision was currently delivered via a contract that was due to expire on 31^st December 2017.  A recent tender process for the delivery of this provision had failed to attract any bids.  To meet service need and ensure no break in service, the Director: Commissioning and Interim Director: Programmes had granted authority to negotiate a new contract with the current provider.  A proposal to continue the contract with the current provider had subsequently been agreed and it was recommended that the contract be granted for a period of three years from 1^st January 2018 to 31^st December 2020, with the option to extend for a further period of up to two years.  It was also proposed that authority to agree the contract extension option be delegated to the Executive Director: Education, Care and Health Services in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Care Services, the Director: Commissioning, the Director: Finance and the Director: Corporate Services.

In considering the report, Members discussed the length of the proposed contract and agreed to recommend that the period of contract be amended.

RESOLVED that the Portfolio Holder be recommended to: 

1)  Award the contract for housing management services at Lewis House for a period of five years from 1^st January 2018 to 31^st December 2022 with the option to extend for a further period of up to two years, subject to agreement by Corporate Procurement and Legal Officers; and,

2)  Delegate authorisation to extend the contract for a period of up to two years to the Executive Director: Education, Care and Health Services in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Care Services, the Director: Commissioning, the Director: Finance and the Director: Corporate Services.