URL: https://sandwell.moderngov.co.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=1184

Decision Maker:

Outcome:

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: Yes

Purpose:

Content: Resolved:-   (1)that delegate authority is given to the Executive Director of Adult Social Care and Health to undertake a procurement exercise of a Wrap Around Service to secure continuity of existing provision and to replace the existing contract, with a contract term of one year (with the option to extend for a further 1 + 1 year term) starting on 1 September 2026;   (2)that delegate authority is given to the Executive Director of Adult Social Care and Health, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Services Health and Wellbeing to award and enter into a Contract with the successful bidder(s), on terms to be agreed with the Executive Director of Adult Social Care and Health, in consultation with the Monitoring Officer, Service Director - Governance, for the provision of a Wrap Around Service to commence on 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2027, with the option to extend the contract for a further 2 x 12-month periods (1 September 2027 to 31 August 2028 and 1 September 2028 to 31 August 2029);   (3)that the Monitoring Officer, Service Director - Governance or their designated representative, execute any documents necessary within a reasonable time to give effect to the proposals in recommendation (1) and (2) above for the provision of a Wrap Around Service;   (4)that approval is given for the exemption to rules 8.10 and 8.11 of the Contract Procedure Rules 2024, or subsequent amendment, to allow the Executive Director of Adult Social Care and Health to award contracts to the successful tenderer in the event that the required minimum number of tenders are not received;   (5)that approval is given for variations to the contract up to a maximum of 10% of the contract value, should they be necessitated, and that authority to approve such variations be delegated to the Executive Director of Adult Social Care and Health;   (6)that approval is given to an uplift to the hourly rate for the Wrap Around Service, payable at the approved standard rate for Supported Living, which is to be implemented from 1 April 2027 (and April 2028/29), and that variations to the contract be delegated to the Executive Director of Adult Social Care and Health, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Services Health.

Date of Decision: February 24, 2026