Minutes:
The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, People, which
sought approval to award a contract to the Carers Trust for a home based
respite care service.
The Board was advised that the Authority currently had a jointly funded contract
in place with the Carers Trust, which was due to expire on 31 March 2018. It
was reported that an NHS Halton CCG scoping paper looking at the provision of
end of life care, recommended that further work was undertaken to support the
development of a different commissioning process to enable a new delivery model
for end of care life. The service provided by the Carers Trust would fall
within the remit of this end of life review, and this necessitated an extension
to their current contract for a further year. It was confirmed that the Quality
Assurance Team would continue to monitor the service to ensure the Council and
Halton residents received value for money.
RESOLVED: That the use of Procurement Standing Order 1.14.3 (f)
be agreed to award a contract to the Carers Trust for a one year period from 1
April 2018 to 31 March 2019.