Issue - meetings

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

The report will seek agreement to the award of contract for a PBS provider to provide wrap around care and support to residents who will be living at 10 Linden Road and property management of the property.

The Cabinet Member for Adults and Health introduced this report which sought agreement to the award of contract for a PBS provider to provide wrap around care and support to residents who would be living at 10 Linden Road and property management of the property.

The Cabinet Member was delighted to present this report, which marked the closing phase of the project to bring Linden House back into use. This project offered four Haringey residents with very complex needs the opportunity to live as independently as possible in a building designed to meet their needs with a service which would be flexed as required.

The Cabinet Member closed by noting that, whilst building works on the premises continue apace, there had been a focus on working with the four identified residents and their families to support them to make a successful transition to their new homes. The award of contract to the successful bidder would make this transition a reality over the coming weeks.   

In response to a question from the Leader, the Cabinet Member confirmed that, where other individuals in long term care sought to live more independently, this contract would significantly assist in providing them with that transformative opportunity

Further to considering exempt information at item 20,

RESOLVED

1. To approve the award of a ‘Call-Off’ contract to deliver PBS Service to successful tenderer (identified in the exempt report) for a period of (4) four years with an option to extend for further period/periods of up to 12 months years, commencing from 1st April 2020 to at the maximum cost of £7,000,000 (inclusive of LLW).
2. To approve variation of hourly rate increase for PBS Keyworker to bring in line with LLW inclusive rates. The current and new proposed hourly rates are set out in Appendix 2 - Part B (exempt information) of this report.

Reasons for decision

All five framework participants were invited to tender. The tenderers’ proposals were evaluated using a 50% quality and 50% price weighting and, on this basis, the recommended Provider is deemed to be the most economically advantageous tender representing the best value option to deliver the required service.

Alternative options considered

An option not to proceed was considered but rejected on the grounds that there is a pressing need for local provision for this cohort of vulnerable people.

The needs of the people who will live at Linden Road are highly complex and they will each have spent considerable periods of time in long stay Assessment and Treatment Units in hospitals. In light of this, the future care and support offer must be able to meet their individual needs and to respond to their highly challenging and individualised behaviours. Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is a person-centred approach to supporting people who display or are at risk of displaying behaviours which challenge. It involves understanding the reasons for the behaviour and considering the person as a whole - including their life history, physical health and emotional needs – to implement ways of supporting them.  ...  view the full minutes text for item 141