Issue - decisions

1.    That approval be given to procurement to deliver a contract to be awarded to a single provider of a county-wide community equipment service including wheelchair provision, and the potential for Disabled Facilities Grant items such as stairlifts, to be incorporated into the catalogue of equipment, for an initial period of up to five years with the possibility of a further five-year extension.

2.    That approval be given to  the de-coupling of telecare from the current community equipment services contract and the re-procurement from 1 April 2023 of a separate, interim two-year, like for like telecare contract, with the intention of procuring a wider Technically Enabled Care (TEC) solution, to be in place by 1 April 2025.

3.    That authority be delegated to the Executive Director of Adult Care & Community Wellbeing in consultation with the Executive Councillor for Adult Care and Public Health, to determine the final form of the contract/s and to approve the award of the contract/s and the entering into of the contract/s and other legal documentation necessary to give effect to the above decisions.