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Supported Living and Community Support Services
Meeting: 07/11/2019 - Cabinet (Item 63)
63 Supported Living and Community Support Services 
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Report of the Interim Director for Adult Social Care
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The Cabinet considered the report of the Interim Director for Adult Social Care in relation to the proposal to commence procurement exercises to establish new Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing Systems (PDPS) for both supported living and community support services. The PDPS’s will be open for a period of 5 years.
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Decisions Made: That: |
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(1) the Interim Director for Adult Social Care be authorised to commence a two-stage procurement exercise for supported living and community support services (including floating support), which will create two separate PDPS mechanisms. Commencing with an exercise for supported living which will enable new contracts from September 2020 and then following this with an exercise to procure services for community support (floating support), which will establish an individual PDPS for each;
(2) the Interim Director for Social Care in consultation with the Cabinet Member - Adult Social Care be granted delegated authority to the making of any decisions regarding the tender evaluation and the development of a new outcome-based service specification, such decisions will be made in advance of the procurement exercise commencing; and
(3) the Interim Director for Adult Social Care in consultation with Cabinet Member - Adult Social Care be granted delegated authority to award the contracts from each of the individual PDPS’s, as detailed in paragraph 3 to the report.
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Reasons for the Decisions:
To establish new commissioning and contractual arrangements for the provision of supported living and community support services, which will encompass a new model of service delivery, improved market sustainability, updated processes for the commissioning of new services and to support people to live the lives they want to lead
Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:
The following options were considered and rejected;
1. Maintaining the status quo – this was not considered a viable option as there is a need to establish updated contracts with Providers which also reflect the implementation of a new service specification which is more outcome focussed.
2. Conducting a procurement exercise solely utilising the Liverpool City Region framework – Members will recall Cabinet has previously approved Sefton joining an LCR framework that provides a route to market for a larger number of Providers who provide support across the LCR for people with complex support needs. This route to market is still being put in place and it is anticipated that Sefton will be able to take advantage of the framework where this would offer some benefit and enhancement of local arrangements where these were not able to meet needs. The LCR framework is seeking to establish a larger range of provision which could be used by all the LCR Authorities. The option to develop a local PDPS would enable Sefton to utilise and develop its local market and where needed have access to the broader range of provision through the LCR framework. This would ensure that Sefton makes best use of the local market to secure effective and sustainable placements for local people.