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

This report details the outcome of a mini-competition process conducted via the Council’s Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) Supplier Agreement for Home Support and Reablement Services and seeks approval to award a ‘Call-Off contract to the successful tenderers.

 The Cabinet Member for Adults and Health introduced this item which detailed the outcome of a mini-competition process conducted via the Council’s Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) Supplier Agreement for Home Support and Reablement Services and seeks approval to award a Call-Off contract to the successful tenderers.

The Cabinet Member was delighted to present this report, which was an important step in a process to transform home support in Haringey, recognising the critical role it plays in enabling people to live in their homes for as long as possible.

The Cabinet Member highlighted that by offering London Living Wage to all front-line care workers, the Council was honouring its commitment to the Ethical Care Charter and recognising the importance of care workers – their status and their value – in the delivery of home support. Likewise, the Council were recognising that for the majority of people the experience of home support was their experience of social care – representing a real opportunity to make the necessary changes when people were at their most frail and vulnerable.

The Cabinet Member closed by thanking Unison and Officers for all of their hard work in achieving LLW for care workers in the borough.

In response to questions from Councillors Ogiehor, the following information was provided:

• There would be no reduction in the time spent caring for people as a result of this contract.
• The rates paid for direct payments would be paid to reflect LLW, which would be monitored. The expectation was that all care workers would be paid at least the LLW.
• Officers noted that the Council would be monitoring the contract closely to ensure that care quality was maintained. If there were concerns with the performance of the contract, the Council would work closely with the contractor to make the required care quality improvements.

Officers would confirm in writing the timescale and procedure for a breach of contract.

Further to considering exempt information at item 38,

RESOLVED

1.  To approve the award of ‘Call-Off’ contracts for bundled hours of Home Support and Regalement services to the successful tenderers (identified in          the exempt appendix of this report) for a period of (3) three years with an          option to extend for further period of up to 2 years, commencing from 1^st         April 2020 to 31 March 2025 (if extended) at the maximum cost of      £12,449,500 inclusive of LLW for financial 20/21 but exclusive of annual      inflationary increase for subsequent years.

2.  To vary the contract price annually in line with London Living Wage (as published by the Living Wage Foundation periodically) inflationary increase     from 1^st April for each and every subsequent year for the term of Service Agreements; and

3.  To note that not all bids received were fully compliant in order to award the       full capacity for each of the localities and that home support therefore will             continue to be covered directly from the DPS

4.  To note where insufficient suppliers are not deemed to be compliant the            Council  ...  view the full minutes text for item 191