Issue - meetings

Report of the Head  of Adult Services

Decisions:

1.   That the Head of Adult Services undertakes a procurement exercise to commission an advocacy service for adults;

2.   Following the procurement process, the Head of Adult Services be granted delegated authority to enter into a contract with the bidder evaluated as offering the most economically advantageous tender (taking into account the quality and cost of the bids), for the provision of an advocacy service for adults.

Reasons for Decisions:

Undertaking a procurement exercise for the delivery of an advocacy service will ensure that the Council is best placed to meet its statutory requirements under Part 10 of the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014 Code of Practice (Advocacy).

Furthermore, undertaking a procurement exercise helps the Council in meeting its general obligations that derive from The Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) be implementing a process that transparently awards a contract in a non-discriminatory way.  Additionally, a procurement process will ensure that the Council complies with its internal Contract Procedure Rules (CPR’s).

Entering into a contract with a provider for a period of two years, with an option to extend for up to a period of a further 24 months, gives more certainty to providers and helps service sustainability.

Implementation of Decision:

The decision will be implemented after the three day call in period.