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1.   
Approved direct award of Contract numbers 1, 2, 3
and 4 in the table at 3 below in accordance with CSO 7 and 12.1(a),
and Contract number 5 in accordance with CSO 23.1, in all cases
where works, services or supplies can be supplied by only one
economic operator. These awards are made as part of the Discharge
Fund requirements in line with the Government Guidance to support
safe and timely discharge from hospital to home or an appropriate
community setting.

 

2.   
Noted that the circumstances in which these were
awarded without compliance with Contract Standing Orders from the
start dates stated. This action was necessary to deliver the
services to deliver the most impact and utilise the time-limited
funding and meet conditions set by central government.
 

3.   
Noted the table below covers Discharge Funding (DF)
and Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund (MSIF) for the
maximum 2 year award period. Second year contracts will be subject
to funding confirmation, review and monitoring, and decisions via
the Better Care Fund and respective internal governance
processes.

 

 
No

 
SchemeName

 
Provider

Anticipated
maximumspend 1/4/23to 31/3/25

 
 
1

 
CACT Resourcebased in
QEH

Charlton
AthleticCommunity Trust

(Charity
No1096222

Company
04654582)

 

£415,000

 
2

BridgeBack Home

Bridge

(Charity No802227,
CompanyNo 02162224)

 

£578,000

 
3

 
CACT
WellnessModel

Charlton
AthleticCommunity Trust

(Charity
No1096222,

Company
04654582)

 

£500,000

 
4

Recruiting &employee bonus
application

Care Friends Ltd
(Company 11548822)

 

£60,000 +
VAT

5

Langton WayStep
DownCare

Eleanor Care (company
number)04393038

£1,117,618

Total MaximumSpend
2023 to2025

£2,670,618

 

4.   
Noted the funding proposals are based on learning
and insight from the effectiveness of existing service with a key
principle to strengthen existing offers rather than create new ones
that rely on additional workforce or services which would be
difficult to deliver within the parameters set by Government for
the grants utilised.
 

5.   
Noted this funding is included in Better Care Fund
(BCF) allocations with detailed requirements including spend to be
completed by 31st  March 2024 with a further years funding
subject to review until 31 March 2025. Additional funding from the
Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund (MSIF) is also included
with their detailed requirements.
 

6.   
Noted that the remainder of the Discharge fund
totalling £3,505,846 has been agreed by the Greenwich Joint
Commissioning Board as part of the Better Care Fund planning
requirements to be delivered by existing Royal Borough contracted
care providers as set out in Section 3 of the report. The funding
allocation of the remainder fee sum is subject to a separate
reporting arrangement.