Agenda

See guidance below.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 16 June 2026  to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Any county councillor may, by giving notice to the Proper Officer by 9 am three working days before the meeting, ask a question on an item on the agenda.

The number of questions which may be asked by any councillor at any one meeting is limited to two (or one question with notice and a supplementary question at the meeting) and the time for questions will be limited to 30 minutes in total. As with questions at Council, any questions which remain unanswered at the end of this item will receive a written response.

Questions submitted prior to the agenda being despatched are shown below and will be the subject of a response from the appropriate Cabinet Member or such other councillor or officer as is determined by the Cabinet Member and shall not be the subject of further debate at this meeting. Questions received after the despatch of the agenda, but before the deadline, will be shown on the Schedule of Addenda circulated at the meeting, together with any written response which is available at that time.

Members of the public who wish to speak on an item on the agenda at this meeting, or present a petition, can attend the meeting in person or ‘virtually’ through an online connection.

Requests to present a petition must be submitted no later than 9am ten working days before the meeting.

Requests to speak must be submitted no later than 9am three working days before the meeting.

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If you are speaking ‘virtually’, you may submit a written statement of your presentation to ensure that if the technology fails, then your views can still be taken into account. A written copy of your statement can be provided no later than 9am on the day of the meeting. Written submissions should be no longer than 1 A4 sheet.

Report by Director for Adult Social Services

Recommendations

The Cabinet Member for is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    Agree to tender a supported living contract via a mini competition through the Live Well Supported Services Framework Lot 2 to deliver support at 14 flats at the Banbury Cross development.

b)    To delegate authority to the Director of Adult Social Services to enter such contract following the completion of the procurement process to award the contract. 

Report by Director for Adult Social Care

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    Agree that the Council extend the HOWDAB2 Supported Living contracts Lot 1, 2, 4, 8 and 9 currently delivered by Brandon Trust. The extension will be for a further 44 days, from 14 September 2026 to 27 October 2026. This will maintain continuity of support while the Council undertakes a further tender process for Lot 4, Lot 8 and Lot 9 following the outcome of the previous procurement exercise. The extension for Lots 1 and 2 will allow mobilisation and contract start dates to be aligned with the Lot 4, 8 and 9 replacement contracts, without requiring a further tender process for those lots.

b)   Note that the Director of Adult Social Care has already approved a 44-day extension from 1 August 2026 to 13 September 2026 under delegated decision arrangements. This was to allow additional time for the procurement process for HOWDAB2 Supported Living contracts Lot 1, 2, 4, 8 and 9 and full mobilisation of the replacement contracts.

In the event that any Member or Officer wishes to discuss the information set out in the report to Agenda Item 7, the Committee will be invited to resolve to exclude the public for the consideration of the report by passing a resolution in the following terms:

"that the public be excluded during the consideration of the report since it is likely that if they were present during that discussion there would be a disclosure of "exempt" information as described in Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972 and specified below the item in the Agenda".

THE REPORT TO THE ITEM NAMED HAS NOT BEEN MADE PUBLIC AND SHOULD BE REGARDED AS ‘CONFIDENTIAL’ BY MEMBERS AND OFFICERS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE THEM.

Report by Director of Adult Services

The information in this case is exempt in that it falls within the following prescribed categories:

3. Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)

and since it is considered that, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

The report containing exempt information under the above paragraph is attached.