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Gateway 3 Contract Award: Carers Support

 

 

Meeting: 08/04/2014 - Cabinet (Item 15)

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Minutes:

Background:

 

This report provided details of the procurement process for the award of the contracts for carers’ support services. The report provided details of the existing services provided and how the services had been grouped into four lots for this procurement process.

 

The Procurement Board considered this report on 19 March 2014 and supported the recommendation set out in the report.

 

An exempt appendix contained finance and whole-life costings information for this project together with information on the tender process.

 

Decision number:

Decision:

79/2014

The Cabinet approved the contract award to the contractors as follows:

(i)                 Lots 1 & 4 be awarded to Carers First. Lot 1 and Lot 4 will commence on 1 June 2014 and run for three years with an option to extend for a further two years.

(ii)               Lot 3 be awarded to Agincare. Lot 3 will commence on 9 July 2014 and will run for three years with an option to extend for a further two years.

 

Reasons:

 

A fair and transparent procurement process has been undertaken in accordance with both council rules and EU regulations. The approved suppliers scored highest on quality and offered significant savings on the current contract costs.