Issue - meetings

The Cabinet gave consideration to a report of the Managing Director of Community Health and Social Care which sought an exemption form the Council’s Contract Procedure Rules to extend the Extra Care and Care at Home contracts, providing domiciliary Care, until 31^st March 2019 in order to align with health care contracts commissioned by the NHS Oldham Clinical Commissioning.

The extension would include a period of seven months for the care element of Extra Care including the night care service from 15th September 2018 until 31^st March 2019 and an extension of seven weeks for the Care at Home, from the current contract end day 9^th February 2019 until 31^st March 2019.

Options/alternatives

Option 1 – To agree an exemption to the Council’s Contract Procedure Rules under procedure rule 21.3 (j) to extend both existing contracts until 31^st March 2019. This would allow an opportunity to align Extra Care and Care at Home contracts, create a streamlined approach to care, redesign and commission the services with the CCG, maximising the use of commissioning resources through effective joint working.

Option 2 – Recommission services separately based on current contract end dates. This would entail two separate procurement processes, impact on the ability to redesign and align with health and social care resulting in a fragmented approach.

RESOLVED – That the cabinet would consider the commercially sensitive information contained at Item 12 before making a decision.