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Forward Plan Ref: 2011/045

Contact: Andrew Colling, Service Manager, Contracts Tel: (01865) 323682

Report by Director for Social & Community Services (CMDAS4).

In August 2010, a verbal report was made to the Social & Community Services Procurement Panel on the position with current contracts for day services, information & advice and carers services. Current contracts with the majority of these providers run to 31 March 2011. For most there is no further extension provision within them as these have been fully utilised.

The expiry of these contracts comes at a time of major changes to the way Adult Social Care services are purchased in Oxfordshire with the launch of Self Directed Support arrangements in October 2010.

In October 2010, a report was submitted to the Social & Community Services Procurement Panel that updated them on proposed changes to the Day Services Strategy for Older people.  The aim is to deliver better outcomes tailored to individual need and in a style that is most suited to lives in the second decade of the 21st century. A new Day Opportunities Strategy was subsequently agreed by the Cabinet on 21 November 2010.

The Cabinet Member for Adult Services is RECOMMENDED to approve this exemption from the Council’s Contract Procedure Rules.