Agenda, decisions and minutes

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Cabinet Member: Adult Social Care

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/359

Contact: Jordan Marsh, Commisioning Officer

Jordan.marsh@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by Director of Adult Social Care (CMDASC).

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    agree to the re-tender of the supported living services currently provided by Dimensions under four separate service contracts – Henley, Oxford, Wallingford, Didcot, Abingdon, Banbury (HOWDAB) lot 1, 2, 4 and 5 (“Current Service Contracts”);

b)    agree to separating the services provided under the Current Service Contracts into two different contracts based on the needs of the people supported (“New Contracts”); and

c)    delegate the completion of New Contracts to the Director of Adult Social Care following the selection of a provider or providers under the mini-competition process of the Live Well Supported Services Framework Agreement under Lot 1.

Report by Director of Adult Social Services.

The Chair approved the recommendations in the report.

RESOLVED to:

a)    agree to the re-tender of the supported living services currently provided by Dimensions under four separate service contracts – Henley, Oxford, Wallingford, Didcot, Abingdon, Banbury (HOWDAB) lot 1, 2, 4 and 5 (“Current Service Contracts”);

b)    agree to separating the services provided under the Current Service Contracts into two different contracts based on the needs of the people supported (“New Contracts”); and

c)    delegate the completion of New Contracts to the Director of Adult Social Care following the selection of a provider or providers under the mini[1]competition process of the Live Well Supported Services Framework Agreement under Lot 1.

Cabinet Member: Adult Social Care

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/289

Contact: Ian Bottomley, Lead Commissioner – Age Well Ian.bottomley@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by Director of Adult Social Care (CMDASC).

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    approve the procurement and commitment of budget to purchase the new Short Stay Hub Bed (SSHB) model; and

b)    delegate to the Director of Adult Social Services authority to award call off contracts under the Light Touch Care Homes Framework further to procurement.

The Chair said that everything the Council had already done to enable as many people as possible go home after they leave hospital was absolutely the right thing to do but that she recognised that some need additional support. She said that her understanding was that some locations would need beds more than others and that public transport links had been taken into consideration in delivery of that provision. She noted the extensive discussion which had taken place around this item and approved the recommendations in the report.

RESOLVED to:

a)    approve the procurement and commitment of budget to purchase the new Short Stay Hub Bed (SSHB) model; and

b)    delegate to the Director of Adult Social Services authority to award call off contracts under the Light Touch Care Homes Framework further to procurement.