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REMIT OF COMMITTEE
1.
Engaging with Customers and Citizens
1.1
Following consultation with appropriate
forums:
i.
to consider the experience of customers;
and
ii.
to take such action to ensure to ensure that
services to be commissioned are co-designed to meet
customers’ needs.
2.
Analysis
2.1
to consider a Population Needs Assessment every two
years to understand the needs which public bodies must
address;
2.2
to consider an in-depth analysis of key groups,
priorities and challenges across public services to identify and
action potential efficiencies and improvements to help ensure that
the needs of customers and citizens are met and commissioning intentions are delivered;
and
2.3
to consider sufficiency and market analyses to
understand existing and potential provider strengths and
weaknesses, and identify and take action
in respect of any opportunities for improvement or change in
providers.
3.
Planning
3.1
to consider the refresh of and recommend any
necessary changes to the Local Outcome Improvement Plan (LOIP);
and
3.2
to approve service specifications and service
standards, reflecting the Council’s commissioning
intentions/outcomes, the LOIP, the views of customers and citizens,
and the best evidence of effective interventions to ensure a
preventative focus on demand reduction.
4.
Doing
4.1
to take such action 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;
4.2
to review annual workplans and approve business
cases to be submitted by Directors and Chief Officers in accordance
with Procurement Regulations, for procurement with an estimated
expenditure of £50,000 or more (supplies / services) or
£250,000 or more (works) except for procurement relating to
the Capital Programme;
4.3
to approve commissioning activity, including
approval of commissioning intentions/outcomes which aligns to and
supports the delivery of the outcomes contained in the LOIP, and
other relevant Strategic Plans;
4.4
to approve the establishment of ALEOs or determine
that services should remain in house;
4.5
to undertake an annual review of ALEOs;
and
4.6
to decommission services that do not meet the
Council’s commissioning intentions and outcomes.
5.
Reviewing
5.1
to consider annual reports on the LOIP and Locality
Partnership Plans;
5.2
to approve a Performance Management Framework
reflecting the Council’s commissioning intentions/outcomes,
the LOIP, the views of customers and citizens, and the best
evidence of effective interventions;
5.3
to review information, in line with the
Council’s Performance Management Framework, in order to
monitor the impact of services and the extent to which they have
achieved the purpose and outcomes intended;
5.4
to consider an analysis of any changes in
legislative requirements, policy and population needs, and
to:
i.
review the overall impact of services to identify
and implement revisions needed to commissioning
intentions/outcomes; and/or
ii.
identify and facilitate opportunities to work
differently to improve outcomes; and
5.5
to monitor service delivery against expected
outcomes and plans.
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