The Cabinet Member for Adults and Health has approved:
1) the commencement of a competitive procurement exercise to secure the community based social support services specified in Section 2 of this report;
2) the new contracts will commence on 1st April 2020 for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 4 further years to a maximum period of 7 years; and
3) the delegation of authority to the Director of Adults’ Services to award the contracts to the successful bidder(s).