Reason for the decision:
Adult Social Care has historic grant arrangements in place with voluntary and community sector providers across the county. These grants provide a contribution towards the costs of services that support older people, people living with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with sensory impairments.
There are issues related to use of historic grant arrangements including an inconsistency in the type of support and services funded across the county, lack of correlation between spend and demographic factors, limitations in the ability to monitor the performance of services and therefore to understand the impact that services have on people.
A phased procurement process was commenced early in 2020 to award a number of contracts to replace the historic grant arrangements. The three contracts to be awarded in Phase One will be for services to support older people (55+) in West Kent, support older people in Thanet and South Kent Coast, and support people with sensory impairments across the county.
This decision supports KCC’s Strategic Statement through supporting key providers that deliver services to older and vulnerable residents that will ensure they are safe and supported with choices to live independently. This decision relates to the proposal within the Strategic Delivery Plan of moving organisations from grants to contracts.
This decision supports the Strategic Reset programme by implementing Asset Based Commissioning.
The contracts will enable the Council to meet its duties under the Care Act 2014 by promoting wellbeing for individuals and their Carers, through the provision of information and advice that enables people to make choices about their care, by preventing or delaying people deteriorating to the point where they require health or social care support and through supporting market sustainability.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Expenditure or savings of more than £1m;
Decision status: For Determination
Division affected: (All Division);
Notice of proposed decision first published: 18/11/2020
Anticipated restriction: Part exempt - View reasons
Explanation of anticipated restriction:
supporting paperwork contains commercially-sensitive information
Decision due: Not before 17th Dec 2020 by Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health
Reason: in order that the proposed decision can be published for a minimum of 28 days, in accordance with statutory requirements
Lead member: Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health
Lead director: Richard Smith
Department: Social Care, Health & Wellbeing
Contact: Clare Maynard, Head of Commercial and Procurement 03000 416449.
Consultees
Has any public consultation been undertaken or is any planned?
A public consultation was carried out in late 2019: Wellbeing Services in the Community
Cabinet Committee consultation planned:
The proposed decision was discussed and endorsed by the Adult Social Care Cabinet Committee on 25 November 2020.
Financial implications: It is anticipated that the total value of the Phase 1 contracts will be £16.4m over the full possible lifetime of the contracts (5 years).
Legal implications: The procurement process has been followed in accordance with Public Contracting Regulations 2015.
Equalities implications: An EqIA has been carried out. Potential for adverse impact on some groups with protected characteristics as a result of this project were identified. Actions have been identified to mitigate these effects, including a contractual performance framework that will ensure outcomes of the contract are monitored and delivered for all groups of people with protected characteristics. An Equality Analysis/Impact Assessment (EqIA) will be included in the decision paperwork.