Carole Burgoyne (Strategic Director for People) will submit a report on the results of the procurement process by Plymouth City Council, in partnership with NHS NEW Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (Commissioners), to commission high quality personal care and support services for people in the city who are assessed as being in need of a service, whether they live in their own home or in supported accommodation. The report will summarise the recent tender process for eight contracts to deliver Community Domiciliary Care services.

A separate private briefing paper is also submitted on the tender submission.

A background paper (the equality impact assessment of the Integrated Health and WellBeing Programme) can be accessed at the Council’s website Council and Democracy/Councillors and Committees/Library/Cabinet background papers or using the following hyperlink –

http://tinyurl.com/q3d6bmh

Carole Burgoyne (Strategic Director for People) submitted a report on the results of the procurement process by Plymouth City Council, in partnership with NHS NEW Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (Commissioners), to commission high quality personal care and support services for people in the city who are assessed as being in need of a service, whether they live in their own home or in supported accommodation. The report summarised the recent tender process for eight contracts to deliver Community Domiciliary Care Services.

The attention of Cabinet Members was drawn to the separate report, containing commercially sensitive information, referred to in minute 88 below.   

Councillor Tuffin (Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care) introduced the proposals which would ensure that staff would be paid at least the living wage and travel time, and that visits would not be less than 30 minutes. 

Craig McArdle (Head of Co-operative Commissioning) attended the meeting for this item.

Alternative options considered and reasons for the decision –

As set out in the report.

Agreed that a three year contract, containing an option to extend the contract for a further three years in annual increments, is awarded to the successful tenderers identified in the private report, for the delivery of a Community Domiciliary Care Services in Plymouth.

Cabinet also thanked Craig McArdle and his team for their relentless work to safeguard 28 vulnerable people following the recent liquidation of one of the domiciliary care providers.

(Councillor Jon Taylor declared an interest in the above item.)

(Lucy Pare (Commissioning Officer) and Caroline Paterson (Strategic Commissioning Manager) also attended the meeting for part of this item).