Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Expenditure or savings of more than £1m;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Division affected: (All Division);
Notice of proposed decision first published: 05/06/2018
Decision due: Not before 10th Jul 2018 by Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health
Reason: Inorder that the proposed decision can be published for a minimum of 28 days, in accordance with statutory reqirements
Lead member: Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health
Lead director: Penny Southern
Department: Social Care, Health & Wellbeing
Contact: Clare Maynard, Head of Commercial and Procurement Email: Clare.maynard@kent.gov.uk or 03000 416449.
Consultees
The matter was discussed at the Adult Social Care Cabinet Committee on 4 July 2018.
Consultation with all stakeholders, including residential care home providers will take place throughout the procurement process. Questions and queries from providers will be addressed via the Kent Business Portal.
Financial implications: The significant risk to letting these contracts is the impact on price. With the change of how sleep-in shifts are measured, there will be impact on the overall price paid. The Council currently commissions 180 homes with sleep-in support, the majority is waking support which the current cost model appropriately accounts for. The review of the Cost Model and engagement with the market will provide the detailed information required to work with finance colleagues to scope the potential financial impact balancing the pressure from providers, good outcomes for service users, legal requirements, transparency of a fair cost of care, artificially inflated price and price levelling of historic and legacy placements.
Legal implications: Strategic Commissioning will enlist the support of Legal Services through the development of the contract specification and terms and conditions, although will be using the standard Care services Terms and Conditions. There will need to be resource allocated at the end point of the tender process for contracts to be signed and sealed and there has to be a separate work-stream to look at how contracts can be awarded, including spot contracts, making sure the most efficient process is undertaken in signing and sealing the contracts.
Equalities implications: The Equality Impact Assessment will be updated as part of the project plan when the changes are proposed and can be fully considered. A Privacy Impact Assessment will also be completed.