Report No. 79/2018 from the Director for People was received.

Mr A Walters, Portfolio Holder for Safeguarding - Adults, Public Health, Health, Commissioning, and Community Safety including Road Safety introduced the report, the purpose of which was to feedback to Cabinet the most recent results of the trial Housing Improvement Agency (HIA) operated in partnership with Spire Homes and request approval to procure the service to provide holistic and preventative provision for Rutland residents in the future.

DECISION:

1.    Cabinet APPROVED the continuation of the Housing Improvement Agency model in Rutland that has been trialled since November 2017.

2.    Cabinet AUTHORISED the Director for People, in consultation with the Cabinet Member with portfolio for Safeguarding – Adults, Public Health, Health, Commissioning, Community Safety including Road Safety, to award the contract resulting from the procurement, in line with the Award Criteria as set out in Appendix B.

Reasons for the decision

1.    The model of the service has been developed throughout the trial period and had demonstrated that it met Service Users’ needs.  It was recommended that the model continued to be used in the future and that it was procured via an open tender process. 

2.    It was believed that the model was best able to meet Rutland’s needs, delivering an appropriate and effective service. It was recommended that the proposed model was procured via an open tender process. This would provide assurance of commissioning the most appropriate provider and of value for money.

3.    In order for the procurement process to commence the award criteria needed to be approved by Cabinet. The criteria had been carefully considered to ensure that the provider successful in the process was capable of meeting the requirements and could deliver appropriate quality services in Rutland

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Mr D Pye joined the meeting.

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