Issue - meetings

[Report of the Director for  Environment  and Neighbourhoods. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for  Local Investment and Economic Growth]

The report is seeking approval to renew the DPS categories for Semi Independent, Supported living and HomeCare for two years to ensure the service have a compliant route to market and also allow the service to review their current processes in place.

The Cabinet Member for Local Investment and Economic Growth introduced the report which outlined the reasons for the renewal of the Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) procurement sourcing tools for the provision of the Council’s Semi Independent, Supported Living and Home Support requirements for a period of two years, with the provision to extend for a further two years until 2024.

The Cabinet Member outlined that the DPS was a key tool in providing local business and SMEs easy access to Council contracts, and would play a large part in community wealth building and economic recovery. Haringey was recognised as a leader in this field, with the largest portfolio of DPS categories in local government, with over £100m p.a. of spend going through them.

In response to questions from Councillor Connor, it was noted that:

• Further information on the number of care workers and their rate of pay, where they were not covered by DPS contracts, was available in the addendum report for agenda item 9.

• The Head of Procurement would confirm in writing whether the terms and conditions of the new arrangements required full sick pay to be paid.

RESOLVED

1.         That pursuant to CSO 7.04 a) (Where the Council is considering leading on any joint procurement activities with other contracting authorities that is a Key Decision), CSO 9.04.1 (a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) may be used to carry out procurements in accordance with Regulation 34 of the Public Contract Regulations) and CSO 9.07.1 e) (The award of any contract valued £500,000 (five hundred thousand pounds) or more is a 'key decision') to renew the DPSs for Home Support, Semi Independent, and Supporting Living with access for other Local Authorities for an initial two (2) year period commencing on 1^st July 2020 with an option to extend for a further two years to 30^th June 2024.

2.         To award a DPS for the following care provision with additional capacity of 75% for LLW and use by other local authorities in the values outlined below:

It was noted: The above values consider the provision for both the Council and other authorities accessing the DPS and does not represent the actual expenditure of the Council in these categories.

Reasons for decision

The Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) is a supplier e-sourcing tool and a compliant route to market under the Public Contract Regulations, which enables suppliers to enrol, accredit and be approved to bid for Council contracts.

The Council’s overall spend for home support, supported living and semi- independent over the past financial year was in the region of £13m, £16m and £7m, respectively. Renewing these DPSs will not incur any additional license fees, as the Council already holds an enterprise license.

The DPS provides a compliant route to market for care provision, which ensures transparency in the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 234