Issue - meetings
Carer Support Service
Meeting: 16/09/2025 - Delegated Decisions by Cabinet Member for Adults (Item 10)
10 Carer Support Service 
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Forward Plan Ref: 2025/149
Contact: Lorraine Donnachie, Joint Senior Commissioning Officer Age
Lorraine.donnachie@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Report by Director of Adult Social Services
The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:
a) Approve the proposal for Adult Social Care to commission an unpaid carer support service through a procurement exercise and transition to a new ten-year contract from 1 April 2026 (pooled budget £1,071,631 for contract per year plus £625,250 for carer payments per year as set out in paragraph 23 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 Services and the Executive Director of Resources and Section 151 Officer.
Minutes:
The Chair thanked the contact officer for his work.
Recommendations approved.
RESOLVED to:
a) Approve the proposal for Adult Social Care to commission an unpaid carer support service through a procurement exercise and transition to a new ten-year contract from 1 April 2026 (pooled budget £1,071,631 for contract per year plus £625,250 for carer payments per year as set out in paragraph 23 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 Services and the Executive Director of Resources and Section 151 Officer.