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Gateway 2: Permission to Award Report Advocacy Services (PART 1)

Meeting: 30/11/2022 - Executive (Item 108)

108 GATEWAY 2: PERMISSION TO AWARD REPORT - ADVOCACY SERVICES (PART 1) pdf icon PDF 567 KB

Decision:

1.  The contract for the provision of the Advocacy services be awarded as detailed in the accompanying Part 2 Report. The proposed contract will commence on 1st April 2023 for a five-year period with the option to extend for up to a further two years.

 

2.  Authority be delegated to the Director of Adult Services, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Adult Care & Health services, the Assistant Director of Governance & Contracts, the Director of Finance and the Director of Corporate Services and Governance, to vary the contract to meet statutory demands and exercise the extension period for up to two years.

 

 

 

 

Minutes:

Report ACH22-036

 

On 29th June 2022, Executive approved the re-tender of the Advocacy services to enable the commencement of a new contract from 1st April 2023. The current contract was delivered through Advocacy for All with an estimated annual value of £286k. The report set out the results of the tendering process for the provision of the advocacy services and sought Executive approval to award the contract. The report should be read in conjunction with the accompanying Part 2 Report.

 

The report had been scrutinised by the Adult Care and Health PDS Committee at its meeting on 22 November and the Committee had supported the recommendations.

 

RESOLVED: That

 

  1. The contract for the provision of the Advocacy services be awarded as detailed in the accompanying Part 2 Report. The proposed contract will commence on 1st April 2023 for a five-year period with the option to extend for up to a further two years.

 

  1. Authority be delegated to the Director of Adult Services, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Adult Care & Health services, the Assistant Director of Governance & Contracts, the Director of Finance and the Director of Corporate Services and Governance, to vary the contract to meet statutory demands and exercise the extension period for up to two years.

 

 

 


Meeting: 22/11/2022 - Adult Care and Health Policy Development and Scrutiny Committee (Item 47)

47 CONTRACT AWARD: ADVOCACY SERVICES (PART 1) pdf icon PDF 567 KB

Minutes:

Report ACH22-036

 

The Committee considered a report detailing the results of the tendering process for the provision of the advocacy services. Executive approval was sought to award the contract as detailed in the accompanying Part 2 report.

 

On 29th June 2022, the Executive had approved the re-tender of the Advocacy services to enable the commencement of a new contract from 1st April 2023. The current contract was delivered through Advocacy for All with an estimated annual value of £286k.

 

A Member noted that the majority of the proposed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) seemed to be numerical and enquired about the qualitative outcomes expected in terms of the support provided to service users. The Head of Service for Community Living Commissioning advised that within the specification, that had been included in the Gateway 1 Report, it stated that providers would be required to submit a detailed case study of service users on a quarterly basis. They were also required to complete an annual survey and the team would consider if feedback could also be gathered by Healthwatch Bromley as a one off insight.

 

In response to a question, the Head of Service for Community Living Commissioning said that having a single point of access was Care Act compliant and gave service users the best experience. It was noted that other boroughs were also following this example.

 

RESOLVED that the Executive be recommended to:

 

i.)  Award the contract for the provision of the Advocacy services as detailed in the accompanying Part 2 Report. The proposed contract would commence on 1st April 2023 for a five-year period with the option to extend for up to a further two years; and,

 

ii.)  Delegate to the Director of Adult Services, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Adult Care & Health services, the Assistant Director of Governance & Contracts, the Director of Finance and the Director of Corporate Services, authorisation to vary the contract to meet statutory demands and exercise the extension period for up to two years.