As Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health, I agree to:
a) AWARD contracts, to the successful providers identified in the exempt appendix, for the provision of Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Services (known as Live Well Kent and Medway) for a period of three years from 1 April 2023 to 30 March 2026, with the option to extend for a further two years (24 months);
b) DELEGATE authority to the Corporate Director Adult Social Care and Health, after consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health and the Corporate Director for Finance, to agree the relevant contract extensions as required; and
c) DELEGATE authority to the Corporate Director Adult Social Care and Health to take other relevant actions, including but not limited to finalising the terms of and entering into required contracts or other legal agreements, as necessary to implement the decision.