Agenda and minutes

Cabinet Member Signing
Monday, 27th February, 2023 1.30 pm

Contact: Felicity Foley, Committees Manager 2919, Email: felicity.foley@haringey.gov.uk

Items
No.	Item
4.	Apologies for absence To receive any apologies for absence. Minutes: None
5.	Declarations of interest A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered: (i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and (ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room. A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure. Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct Minutes: None
6.	Block contracts for the provision of General Nursing and Residential Beds PDF 320 KB Minutes: The Cabinet Member for Health, Social Care and Well-being considered the report which sought approval for the award of two block contracts with Ourris Properties Limited and Ourris Residential Homes Limited for 21 nursing and 12 residential beds at Autumn Gardens and 11 residential beds at Anastasia Lodge, respectively. It was noted that five additional residential beds would be included in the contracts (and did not reduce the number of nursing beds). Following questions from the Cabinet Member, it was noted that: - There were no concerns with the quality of the placements. CQC had carried out recent inspections and the contracts would be monitored regularly. - Confirmation would be provided to the Cabinet Member on whether London Living Wage had been achieved in the new contracts. - The price had increased compared to the previous contract, however competitive pricing had been achieved following a pricing exercise and review. - Currently, resident satisfaction feedback was via reviews, however once contract monitoring was back in place then resident satisfaction forms would be used to monitor this. RESOLVED to approve 1. The award of a contract to Ourris Properties Limited for the block purchasing of 33 beds (21 nursing care beds and 12 residential care beds) at Autumn Gardens, for an initial period of 2 years from 1st November 2022, at a price of £3,015,777.5 or £1,507,889.75 per annum or with the option to extend for further periods of up to 2 years with a maximum contract value of £6,031,555. 2. The award of a contract to Ourris Residential Homes Limited for the block purchasing of 11 residential care beds at Anastasia Lodge, for an initial period of 2 years from 1st November 2022 at a cost of £917,664 (£458,832 pa) with the option to extend the contract for further periods of up to 2 years with a maximum contract value of £1,835,328. 3. The delegation of contract extensions to the Director of Adults, Health & Communities. Reasons for decision The care homes at Anastasia Lodge and Autumn Gardens offer culturally specific provision, catering largely – but not exclusively – for residents of Greek or Cypriot heritage. They are the only residential and nursing homes in the sub-region offering such specialist provision and Haringey has considerable demand for such placements. Entering into these contracts will result in the Council continuing to secure access to specialist provision as the care homes specialise in the care and support of Greek and Cypriot older people and maintaining much needed residential and nursing care capacity within the sub-region. The proposed arrangements will yield efficiencies in commissioning costs by continuing to secure a reduced purchasing rate per placement through a block contract as compared to existing spot placement rates. Alternative options considered The alternative options available to the Council are to either ‘do nothing’ or to conduct an open tender arrangement to commission a new block arrangement. The reasons these options have been discounted are noted below: a) Doing nothing may deprive the Council of being able to ... view the full minutes text for item 6.
7.	Exclusion of the Press and Public Item 5 is likely to be subject to a motion to exclude the press and public be from the meeting as it contains exempt information as defined in Section 100a of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended by Section 12A of the Local Government Act 1985); paras 3 and 5, namely information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) and information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings. Minutes: RESOLVED to exclude the press and public from the meeting for the consideration of agenda item 5 as it contains exempt information as defined in Section 100a of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended by Section 12A of the Local Government Act 1985); paras 3 and 5, namely information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) and information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings.
8.	EXEMPT - Block contracts for the provision of General Nursing and Residential Beds View the reasons why item 8. is restricted Minutes: The exempt information was noted.