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[Report of the Director of Adults and Health. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Adults and Health.]

The existing contract allows provision for a further 12-month extension, and this report will seek cabinet approval to both extend the contract within existing terms and further extend the lifetime of the contract by 12 months. Extending the block for a further 2 years ensures that we achieve good value from culturally specific placements.

The Cabinet Member for Adults and Health introduced this report which sought an extension of the Autumn Gardens and Anastasia Lodge contracts. The existing contract allowed provision for a further 12-month extension, and this report would seek Cabinet approval to both extend the contract within existing terms and further extend the lifetime of the contract by 12 months. Extending the block for a further 2 years ensured that the Council achieved good value from culturally specific placements.

The Cabinet Member highlighted that continuing these block contracts would both secure capacity for nursing and residential care and most importantly enable specialist provision to be available locally to Haringey residents. Further, in the challenging financial environment, this proposal supported efficient market management and an ability to maintain costs in a planned way.

The Cabinet Member closed by noting that Anastasia lodge and Autumn Gardens were the only local homes which provided specialised care and support of Greek and Cypriot older people. In Haringey, there was a high demand for such housing support.

In response to questions from Councillor Connor, the following information was provided:

• Officers informed that, insofar as residents needing nursing care, it was envisaged that Osbourne Grove Nursing Home would assist in providing that care once it had been rebuilt.

RESOLVED

1. To approve, pursuant to Contract Standing Order 10.02.1(b), the variations to allow a further extension period of one year in order to execute a 2 year extension of the contract with Ourris Residential Homes Ltd for 18 residential beds at Anastasia Lodge and a 2 year extension of the contract with Ourris Properties Ltd for 21 nursing care beds at Autumn Gardens.

2. To approve the commencement of the extension period to start on 28^th November 2019 and run to 27^th November 2021.

3. To approve the value of the block contract with Ourris Residential Homes Ltd for the provision of care at Anastasia Lodge over the 2 year extension period at £1,400,272, bringing the total value of the contract to £2,695,430, over the four year period.

4. To approve the value of the block contract with Ourris Properties Ltd for the provision of nursing care at Autumn Gardens over the 2 year extension period at £2,244, 628, bringing the total value of the contract to £4,489,256 over the four year period.

Reasons for decision

The market for residential and nursing care is largely a sub-regional one and the Council commissions nursing and residential care for its residents across North Central London (Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington). As with neighbouring authorities, Haringey commissions across this area in order to meet demand and to respond to specialist needs

In order to ensure both capacity and flexibility, the Council is keen to have a mixed economy of spot and block purchase arrangements in place. Many placements are commissioned on a spot purchase basis, but the proposal set out here – to continue and expand two existing block contracts – reflects the need to maintain capacity for a particular cohort of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 42