Purpose

To ensure continuity of statutory care and
support services pending formal procurement

Content

1.       Agreed
to directly award contracts without competition to the providers
listed in table 1 for a two year period, with the option to extend
for one further year commencing from 01/08/24 and ending on
31/07/26 with a one year extension to 31/07/27, for the provision
of mental health provision in accordance with CSO 23.1 on the basis
that these contracts can only be supplied by a particular economic
operator. 
 
The
contract awards and values are listed in the table
below:

 

Table 1: Proposed contract awards

Contract title

Description of service

 Provider

Total contract value including extension
period

Intensive Support for
Mental Health/
Flexible Community
Support
 

This service is
intended for people living in their own accommodation who need
support in a community setting.
The service is aimed
at improving people’s independence.
Between 1-20 hours of
visiting support to a client’s home, or to sites in the
community that are of benefit to the client per week.
The contract is a
block style contract where they support all who are referred to
them within a range 60-80 clients at any one time however, the
actual numbers of clients supported have consistently exceeded
this.
No personal care is
provided. Therefore, this service is not CQC registered.

Bridge 86
Limited  Registered Charity no.
(England) 802227. Company Registration no.: 02162224

£2,047,515
 
 

Medium Support for
Mental Health
 

This
is a block contract delivering a service which incorporates a
variety of accommodation types all of which have shared facilities,
with some small number of self-contained properties.
The service is
intended for people for people who do not need overnight support
but do need structured support within a Supported Living service to
move to more independence. Therefore, this service is staffed from
9am-9pm (Mon to Sun).
43 people are
accommodated at any one time.  
There are 7 units altogether.
No personal care is
provided. Therefore, this service is not CQC registered.

Bridge 86
Limited
Registered Charity no.
(England) 802227. Company Registration no.: 02162224

£1,726,365
 

Medium Support for Mental Health
 

This
is a block contract delivering a service which incorporates a
variety of accommodation types all of which have shared facilities,
with some small number of self-contained properties.
In this service
overnight concierge is provided. 
Otherwise it is staffed 9am – 9pm (Mon to Sun)
40 people are
accommodated at any one time.  There are
5 units in total.
No personal care is
provided. Therefore, this service is not CQC registered.
 
 

Sanctuary Housing
Association trading as Sanctuary Supported Living:
Company registration
number (registered society) 
19059R

£1,303,283.40
 

This contract delivers
for both of the following:
High Support for
Mental Health
 
Medium support for
mental health
 

This
is a block contract delivering a service which incorporates a
variety of accommodation types all of which have shared facilities,
with some small number of self-contained properties.
The services for
people with high support needs is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days
per week. In this service 13 people are accommodated in 2
units
For those with medium
support needs the service is delivered from 9am – 9pm
supported accommodation (Mon-Fri). This aspect of the service does
not provide any  overnight support.
There are 11 people accommodated in 2 units
No personal care is
provided. Therefore, this service is not CQC registered.

The Riverside Group
Limited Company registration number: 30938R

£3,600,000
 

2.       Noted, in compliance
with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the contracts listed in
Table 1 are awarded without prior publication under Regulation
32(b)(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons.

 

3.       Noted, the market is
continually ‘tested’ by way of usual commissioning
practise and the need to constantly review and assess providers,
both existing and new to market, to meet the needs of residents
referred to the service via both acute and community
colleagues.

 

4.       Noted, due to the
increased demand to the service, and higher levels of acuity we are
experiencing, there is an ongoing requirement for RBG is to
identify adequate alternative service provision via specialists in
the mental health commissioning, home finding and brokerage teams
on a weekly / daily basis, when there is no available capacity
within our contracted settings.

 

5.       Noted, there are two
specific posts within the newly restructured commissioning team,
Lead Commissioner (MH) and Quality Assurance Lead Officer (MH). In
the newly restructured Personalised Care & Support team, Care
& Support Brokerage Officers allow specialism in one area with
a dedicated MH Home Finding Officer and a dedicated Specialist Care
and Support Broker. Operational colleagues from both acute and
community settings within both the LA and ICB are also feeding in
to provider intelligence including CHC and Oxleas
professionals.

 

6.       Noted, the
restructure of the integrated commissioning department created a
new market sustainability and quality team who have cross cutting
responsibilities to ensure we meet the requirements of the Care Act
2014, around market shaping and quality including for those with MH
needs. These roles, as mentioned above, will support us in
delivering our ambitions to improve MH services in Greenwich,
funded across health and care, and will include the work we do
alongside residents and partners to design new models of care (and
implement them).

 

7.       Noted, in turn, what
this affords us is the knowledge and insight into local provision
and provider capacity, the confidence we would have in a provider
to deliver a reliable, safe and affordable service, that could
potentially be scaled to the numbers within the table below. There
have been no alternative service providers identified in the local
Greenwich area, that could match the type and size of provision as
set out in the table below. 

 

8.       Noted, failure to
secure as set out below would have a significant impact to wait
lists and an insurmountable impact upon the health and wellbeing of
current and future service users as it is highly likely that we
would not be able to continue these support services.