Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Adults

Forward Plan Ref: 2025/070

Contact: Lorraine Donnachie, Joint Senior Commissioning Officer

Lorraine.donnachie@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by Director of Adult Social Care

This paper provides details on the proposal to commission a dementia support service with contributory funding from Buckinghamshire Oxford and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (BOB ICB) to meet future needs.

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to

a)               Approve the proposal for Adult Social Care to commission a dementia support service through a procurement exercise and transition to a new ten-year contract on a five-year plus five-year basis from 1 January 2026 (pooled budget £913,623 per year as set out in paragraph 7 below).

b)              Delegate to the Director for Adult Social Care authority to manage the service design and approve the award of contract in consultation with the Head of Legal and Governance and the Director of Finance.

The Cabinet Member approved the recommendations.

RESOLVED to:

a)    Approve the proposal for Adult Social Care to commission a dementia support service through a procurement exercise and transition to a new ten-year contract on a five-year plus five-year basis from 1 January 2026 (pooled budget £913,623 per year as set out in paragraph 7 of the report); and

b)    Delegate to the Director for Adult Social Care authority to manage the service design and approve the award of contract in consultation with the Head of Legal and Governance and the Director of Finance.