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REMIT OF COMMITTEE
The
following authority is delegated to the Committee under the four
headings of the Commissioning Cycle:-
1.
Analysis
1.1
to commission a regular Population Needs Assessment to understand
the needs which public bodies must address.
1.2
to receive in-depth analysis of key groups, priorities and
challenges across public services.
1.3
to receive a service review, sufficiency and market analysis to
understand existing and potential provider strengths and
weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement or change in
providers will be identified.
1.4
through
appropriate forums, to consider the experience of
customers and citizens.
1.5
to identify resources needed and risks involved in implementing
change and/or continuing with the status quo.
The Council’s Business Intelligence function
will support the Analysis stage of the Commissioning
Cycle.
2.
Planning
2.1
to review a Gap Analysis following the Public Needs
Assessment which will identify which services are needed and which
are available currently, and will provide guidance on how the gaps
will be addressed within existing resources.
2.2
to approve commissioning intentions, outcomes and priorities as
part of the annual business planning cycles.
2.3
to commission the development of a Strategic Outcomes Framework
reflecting the Local Outcome Improvement Plan (LOIP), the views of
customers and citizens, and the best evidence of effective
interventions.
2.4
through
appropriate forums, to ensure that services to be
commissioned are co-designed to meet customers’
needs.
2.5
to approve a Commissioning Strategy/Prospectus which identifies
clear service development priorities and specific targets for
efficient, effective, equitable and sustainable
achievement.
The Council’s Business Intelligence function
and the Commissioning function will support the Planning stage of
the Commissioning Cycle.
3.
Doing
3.1
to ensure that appropriate supply management and
capacity building (market facilitation) is in place to ensure a
good mix of resilient service providers, that offer customers an
element of choice in how their needs are met;
3.2
through appropriate forums, to ensure that
relationships with existing and potential providers are maintained
and draw on partner expertise;
3.3
to ensure that the co-design of service
specifications is based on the delivery of positive outcomes with a
preventative focus on demand reduction; and
3.4
to approve procurement strategies to meet agreed outcomes to enable
officers to purchase and contract services and to decommission
services that do not meet the needs of the population
group.
The
Council’s Commissioning function will support the Doing stage
of the Commissioning Cycle.
4.
Reviewing
4.1
to review information from individual contracts,
specifications or service level agreements (including partners) in
order to monitor the impact of services and the extent to which
they have achieved the purpose and outcomes intended;
4.2
to commission reviews of agreed priority services
and make recommendations to service providers, both in house and
external, to further improve outcomes;
4.3
to receive an analysis of any changes in legislative
requirements, population need and
reviewing the overall impact of services to identify revisions
needed to the strategic priorities and targets;
4.4
to monitor service delivery against expected
outcomes and plans; and
4.5
to monitor the changing policy and strategic context to identify
opportunities to work differently to improve outcomes.
The
Business Intelligence function and the Commissioning function will
support the Reviewing stage of the Commissioning Cycle.
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