Agenda and minutes

No apologies for absence were received.

No declarations of any disclosable pecuniary interest were received.

Minutes of the meeting held on 25 May 2017

Decision Made:

That the minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 25 May  2017 be confirmed as a correct record.

Report of the Head of Regulation and Compliance

The Cabinet considered the report of the Head of Regulation and Compliance which incorporated the report of the Working Group appointed by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Regulatory, Compliance and Corporate Resources to examine the Accommodation Strategy/Agile Working.

Decision Made: That

Reasons for Decision:

The Cabinet had accepted the recommendations submitted by the Working Group and the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Regulatory, Compliance and Corporate Services).

Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:

None.

Report of the Head of Corporate Resources

Further to Minute No. 75 of the meeting held on 12 January 2017, the Cabinet considered the report of the Head of Corporate Resources which provided details of the proposed method of procurement and the basis of tender evaluation in connection with the proposed ICT Transformation work.  This work was required in order to support the delivery of the Council’s future operating model for the service.

Decision Made: That

(1)     approval be given to the procurement of an external provider to support the Council to deliver its required ICT transformation programme in advance of September 2018;

(2)     approval be given to the proposed method of procurement and evaluation as set out within the Report;

(3)     the Head of Corporate Resources in consultation with the Cabinet Member, Regulatory, Compliance and Corporate Services be authorised to award the contract to the highest scoring bidder; and

(4)     the Head of Regulation and Compliance be authorised to enter into contracts with the successful Tenderer.

Reasons for Decision:

At its meeting in January 2017, Cabinet approved the future operating model for ICT.  In order to deliver against this objective, the Council would need support from an external contractor in order that the ICT service reflected this operating model and can support the delivery of the Councils Framework for Change. Due to the scale and complexity of the work required, external support was required. Internal Council resources are not available to support this programme

Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:

None.

Report of the Head of Commissioning Support and Business Intelligence

Further to Minute No. 47 of the meeting held on 3 November 2016, the Cabinet considered the report of the Head of Commissioning Support and Business Intelligence which provided details of a procurement exercise for the provision of Domiciliary Care services under Liverpool City Region Tripartite (Sefton/Knowsley/Liverpool) joint working arrangements, the development of a new outcome based service model and consultation and engagement activities.

Decision Made: That

(1)       approval be given to the extension of the existing contracts for an additional one month period (1April 2018 to 30 April 2018) in order to implement joint commissioning with Knowsley MBC under the Liverpool City Region/Tripartite joint working arrangements;

(2)       approval be given to the commencement of a procurement exercise for Domiciliary Care services from 1May 2018 onwards, via Tripartite Liverpool City Region joint commissioning;

(3)       the Director of Social Care and Health be granted delegated authority to make decisions regarding the configuration of service delivery areas, contractual terms, tender evaluation criteria and the outcome based service specification. Such decisions will be made in advance of the procurement exercise commencing; and

(4)       the Cabinet Member – Adult Social Care be granted delegated to award the contracts, following the procurement exercise.

Reasons for Decision:

Following the Cabinet decision made on 3November 2016, existing Domiciliary Care contracts were extended for an additional twelve month period (1^st April 2017 to 31^st March 2018).

Officers had explored a joint commissioning arrangement for the replacement service with Knowsley Council and sought approval for a further one month extension of the Sefton contracts in order to align the end dates of the Sefton and Knowsley contracts and facilitate this joint commissioning.

Approval was also sought to commence a procurement exercise for the provision of Domiciliary Care services from 1 May 2018, in order to ensure continuity of service and implementation of a revised model of service.

Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:

The following options were considered and rejected;

(1)       Further extending existing contracts up to 31^st March 2019

This option was rejected as an increased extension (to 31^st March 2019 – which was the maximum extension period under the existing contractual terms) would significantly delay the implementation of a new model of service thus delaying the benefits of such a model being realised.

(2)       New Directions as a Council owned provider being awarded a Domiciliary Care contract for the whole borough of Sefton from 1^st May 2018

This option was considered but was not recommended as it is felt that at this present time New Directions would be unable to deliver a borough wide service and awarding a contract for all services to one Provider would be a risk, based on having a limited market, and could impact on delivery of the Personalisation agenda by limiting choice for Service Users and people funding their own care as other non-contracted Providers may withdraw from the Sefton market. Furthermore awarding a contract to a sole Provider would not support partnership Tripartite commissioning  ...  view the full minutes text for item 19.

To comply with Regulation 5(2) of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information)(England) Regulations 2012, notice has been published regarding the intention to consider the following matter(s) in private for the reasons set out below.

No representations have been received on this matter and this agenda satisfies the requirements of Regulation 5(4).

The Cabinet is recommended to pass the following resolution:

That, under the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information)(England) Regulations 2012, the press and public be excluded from the meting for the following item on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.  The Public Interest Test has been applied and favours exclusion of the information from the Press and Public.

RESOLVED:

That, under the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information)(England) Regulations 2012, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 and 5 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The Public Interest Test has been applied and favours exclusion of the information from the Press and Public.

Exempt Minutes of the meeting held on 25 May 2017

Decision Made:

That the restricted minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 25 May  2017 be confirmed as a correct record.