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Note: Award of a block contract for residential and nursing beds 

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165.

FILMING AT MEETINGS

Please note that this meeting may be filmed or recorded by the Council for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s internet site or by anyone attending the meeting using any communication method. Although we ask members of the public recording, filming or reporting on the meeting not to include the public seating areas, members of the public attending the meeting should be aware that we cannot guarantee that they will not be filmed or recorded by others attending the meeting. Members of the public participating in the meeting (e.g. making deputations, asking questions, making oral protests) should be aware that they are likely to be filmed, recorded or reported on. 

 

By entering the meeting room and using the public seating area, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings.

 

The chair of the meeting has the discretion to terminate or suspend filming or recording, if in his or her opinion continuation of the filming, recording or reporting would disrupt or prejudice the proceedings, infringe the rights of any individual or may lead to the breach of a legal obligation by the Council.

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Minutes:

The Cabinet Member referred those present to agenda Item 1 as shown on the agenda in respect of filming at this meeting and asked that those present reviewed and noted the information contained therein.

 

166.

URGENT BUSINESS

The Cabinet Member will advise of any items they have decided to take as urgent business.

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Minutes:

The Chair was advised that there was a short addendum report to be tabled as Urgent Business. As a late item, it was considered under agenda items 4 & 6.

167.

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

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Minutes:

There were no Declarations of Interest.

168.

Award of a block contract for residential and nursing beds pdf icon PDF 155 KB

This report seeks approval for the award of a block contract to Ourris Properties for 21 residential and 15 nursing beds at Autumn Gardens and Anastasia Lodge.

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The AD for Commissioning introduced a short addendum report which set out

changes to the recommendations contained in the original agenda pack as

published. It was noted that there was no change to the overall contract sum or the main body of the report.

 

The recommendation at section 3.1 of the original report was amended to reflect that the Council was seeking to issue contracts to two providers rather than one. The original report recommended the award of contract to Ourris Properties Ltd for 36 care home beds across two care homes. The addendum report set out that the award was for two contracts for a total of 36 care home beds, as the care homes were managed by two different providers. Ourris Properties Ltd managed Autumn Gardens and Ourris Residential Homes Ltd managed Anastasia Lodge.

 

RESOLVED

 

That pursuant to Contract Standing Order 16.02 the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care & Culture approved the award of a contract to Ourris Properties Limited for the block purchasing of 25 beds (18 nursing care beds and 7 residential care beds) for an initial period of 2 years, with the option to extend the contract for a further 1 year with a maximum contract value of £3,367,260; and also approves the award of a contract to Ourris Residential Homes Limited for the block purchasing of 11 beds (all residential care beds) for an initial period of 2 years, with the option to extend the contract for a further year with a maximum contract value of £1,184,040.

 

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 a block contract – reflects the need to maintain capacity for a particular cohort of the population, notably Greek and Cypriot older people, and to ensure best value in commissioning this provision.

 

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.

 

The proposed arrangements will yield efficiencies in commissioning costs by securing a reduced purchasing rate per placement through a block contract as compared to existing spot placement rates. The existing block contract was due to lapse on 4th November 2017. The replacement contracts would achieve an immediate saving of £45,000 in a full year and £18,750 for the financial year 2017/18, they replaced  ...  view the full minutes text for item 168.

169.

New items of urgent business

To consider any items of urgent business as identified at item 2.

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Minutes:

N/A

170.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

That the press and public be excluded from the meeting for consideration of item 7 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); paragraph 5 - information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings.

 

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RESOLVED

 

That the press and public be excluded from the remainder of the meeting as the items contained exempt information, as defined under paragraph 5 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

171.

Award of a block contract for residential and nursing beds

To consider exempt information pertaining to item 4.

Minutes:

The Cabinet Member noted the exempt section of the report.