Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Adults

Forward Plan Ref: 26/177

Key Decision

Contact:  Jordan Marsh, Commissioning Officer, Live Well Jordan.Marsh@Oxfordshire.gov.uk  

Report by Director of Director of Adult Social Care

The Safe Space Host Provider contract is a key part of Oxfordshire's local offer for adults with a learning disability and autistic adults who are on, or require consideration through, the Dynamic Support Register and need additional, flexible support to stay well and safe in the community.

The Cabinet Member for Adults is RECOMMENDED to:

a.    Agree to tender a new Safe Space Host Provider contract through a mini-competition using the Council’s Live Well Supported Services Framework Lot 2.

b.    Delegate authority to the Director of Adult Social Care to award and enter into the contract following completion of the procurement process.

c.    Delegate authority to the Director of Adult Social Care, in consultation with the Director of Finance and the Director of Law and Governance, to negotiate and agree the required variation to the existing Section 75 Agreement between Oxfordshire County Council and Thames Valley Integrated Care Board to formalise the agreed partner funding and associated governance arrangements for the Safe Space service.

d.    Note that local government reorganisation is a managed dependency and will be addressed through legal, finance, procurement, governance, contract and transition planning before contract award and mobilisation.