Decision details

The Board had before it a report presenting the Annual Procurement Work Plan for 2022/23 for expenditure on social care services, together with the

associated Exempt Appendix Procurement Business Cases, for approval.

Neil Stephenson, Strategic Procurement Manager, spoke to the report and responded to questions from Members.

The report recommended:-

that the Board –

(a)           approve the extension for one year, of 24 National Care Home Contracts for residential services for older people, as detailed in Appendices A1 and B of the report;

(b)           approve the extension of 1 contract for residential service for one year as is detailed in Appendices A1 and C of the report;

(c)           approve the extension for two years, of three contracts for suicide prevention services as is detailed in Appendices A1 and D of the report;

(d)           approve the Direct Award, for a period of three years of six contracts for learning disability residential services, as is detailed in Appendices A1 and E of the report;

(e)           approve the extension for one year, of a contract for dementia services as is detailed in Appendices A1 and F of the report;

(f)             approve the Direct Award, for a period of three years of one contract for substance misuse services at Wernham House, as detailed in Appendices A1 and G of the report;

(g)           approve the Direct Award, for a period of four years of contracts to seven Training & Skills Development Services, and the extension of two contracts for one-year in relation to registered day care services as detailed in Appendices A1 and H of the report;

(h)           make the Direction, as attached at Appendix I of the report and instruct the Chief Officer to issue the Direction to Aberdeen City Council; and

(i)             note the update to Individual Out of Area Placements at 3.6 of the report.

The Board resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.