Issue - meetings

Background:

This report provided details of the procurement of supported living services for adult social care and accommodation based services for young people. This procurement was dependent on the purchase of a suitable software package to support a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the Supported Living and accommodation based services for children. This system would allow flexibility for providers to enter the market in Medway and would create a more diverse market that would offer greater choice for service users as well being cost effective for the Council.

It was noted that the Procurement Board considered this report on 18 February 2014 and supported the recommendation set out in the report.

A Diversity Impact Assessment had been undertaken on the proposals and was attached at Appendix 1 to the report. The Equality Act 2010 would be included as a clause in the general terms and conditions of the contract that the successful contractor(s) would be contractually bound to adhere to.

An exempt appendix provided details of the finance and whole-life costings for the procurement.

Reasons:

The Council is required to tender these services in line with the Council’s procurement rules and to ensure the tendering of services is compliant with the EU procurement regulations.