The Cabinet considered the report of the Director of Young People and Families on the Residential Framework Agreement which had been developed with the Local Authorities in Merseyside, Cheshire and Wigan, for the procurement of residential services for looked after children and young people. The report indicated that the procurement process had been concluded and agreement was sought to award the contracts to the successful providers in the following three service categories:
1. Mainstream Residential
2. Specialist/Therapeutic Residential
3. Respite/Short Breaks.
RESOLVED: That
(1) it be noted that the robust residential pricing framework had been procured following a fair and transparent tendering process;
(2) the use of the pricing framework be approved;
(3) the contracts be awarded to the following providers:
Mainstream Residential:
Nugent Care
Together Trust
BetterCare Keys Limited
Supporting Futures
Considerate Care
Cherry Cottage
Building Bridges
Chamberlain Care
Milestone Care Homes
Quality Protects Children Limited
Good Foundations
Care Assist Children’s Services
Eastfield Group
SILS Northwest
Care Today (Children’s Services)
ABC Care Limited
Crossways
New Pathways
Teen Works Limited
Specialist/Therapeutic Residential:
Elizabeth Marland Children’s Respite Care Limited
Essandore Glenedge Support Limited
Birtenshaw
Nugent Care
Westmount Children’s Home and Paramount Group Limited
Respite/Short Breaks:
Nugent Care
Family Care Associates; and
(4) it be noted that the proposal was a Key Decision, but had not been included in the Council’s Forward Plan of Key Decisions and consequently, the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Children’s Services) has been consulted under Rule 15 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules of the Constitution, on the decision being made by the Cabinet as a matter of urgency on the basis that it was impracticable to defer the decision until the commencement of the next Forward Plan, because of the timescales involved and the need to agree the new procurement arrangements in collaboration with other Local Authorities as soon as possible.