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Gateway 5 Procurement Contract Management Report: Community Meals Service

 

 

Meeting: 13/03/2012 - Cabinet (Item 12)

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Minutes:

Background:

 

This report provided details of progress on the Community Meals contract currently delivered by Apetito Ltd. Cabinet agreed the original contract award on 29 October 2002 and subsequently agreed a single source exemption to award the contract to the current service provider on 19 February 2008. The service currently provided around 220 Medway residents with a meal service 365 days per year.

 

The Strategic Procurement Board considered this report on 15 February 2012 and supported the recommendations set out in the report.

 

An exempt appendix provided key information in respect of finance and whole-life costing.

 

Decision number:

Decision:

57/2012

The Cabinet agreed an extension to the contract to 31 March 2013 with the current community meals supplier, in its current form, and explore a move towards a personalised approach to the provision of a community meals service.

 

Reasons:

 

On the basis of the requirement to provide social care service users with increased choice and control about the services that they receive.