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Gateway 3 Contract Award - VCS 'Better Together' Consortium
Meeting: 26/09/2023 - Cabinet (Item 11)
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Background:
This report requested approval to award contracts for the four lots included within the Medway Voluntary Community Sector (VCS) ‘Better Together’ Consortium procurement.
It was proposed that the new contract would commence on 1 January 2024.
The report had previously been considered by the Procurement Board on 18 August 2023.
An Exempt Appendix to the report set out details of the proposed contracts to be awarded.
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Decision number:
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Decision:
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165/2023 |
The Cabinet agreed to award the Medway VCS ‘Better Together’ Consortium Model contract, for Lot 1, Infrastructure to support the Voluntary Community Sector (VCS) Organisations in Medway, to Medway Voluntary Action as they had been evaluated as the most economically advantageous tender within their respective Lot against the Council’s award criteria as per the evaluation spreadsheet appended to the Exempt Appendix. |
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166/2023 |
The Cabinet agreed to award the Medway VCS ‘Better Together’ Consortium Model contract, for Lot 2, Local Healthwatch Medway, to Engaging Kent as they had been evaluated as the most economically advantageous tender within their respective Lot against the Council’s award criteria as per the evaluation spreadsheet appended to the Exempt Appendix. |
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167/2023 |
The Cabinet agreed to award the Medway VCS ‘Better Together’ Consortium Model contract, for Lot 3, Carers Information, Guidance and Support, Young Carers and Carers Support Payments (Adult and Young Carers Support Services), to Carers First as they had been evaluated as the most economically advantageous tender within their respective Lot against the Council’s award criteria as per the evaluation spreadsheet appended to the Exempt Appendix. |
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168/2023 |
The Cabinet agreed to award the Medway VCS ‘Better Together’ Consortium Model contract, for Lot 4, Children’s and Adults Visually Impaired Support and Information Services, to Kent Association of the Blind as they had been evaluated as the most economically advantageous tender within their respective Lot against the Council’s award criteria as per the evaluation spreadsheet appended to the Exempt Appendix. |
Reasons:
The services support a number of local strategies and plans and enable the Council to meet its statutory obligations to provide Lots 2-4.
Lot 1 Infrastructure to VCS organisations, is an integral and vital part of supporting the Kent and Medway Social Prescribing and Community Navigation Strategy and improving the health and wellbeing of Medway residents. It is pivotal in supporting a resilient and thriving VCS within Medway, that supports the health and care sector. The current service provided a return on investment of £13.98 for every pound spent on funding, achieving £5.8 million income generation for the sector between 2019 to 2022.
The risk of not awarding contracts would be a failure to meet our statutory obligations to provide the services in Lots 2-4. Lot 1 is funded from the Better Care Fund and supports the delivery of our Better Care Fund plan. It also provided a significant return on investment during the term of the current contract, which supports the voluntary and community sector in Medway.