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RESOLVED:
 
a) approve the procurement of a new Framework Agreement for the
provision of supported living for adults with learning disabilities
in Lewisham. The Framework Agreement will be between the Council
and a list of awarded suppliers and will run from 1 October 2025
until 30 September 2029. This will involve expenditure of
approximately £12.3 million per annum.
 
b) approve the appointment of the preferred providers on to the
framework agreement and any subsequent awards of contracts called
off under the framework agreement provided that they
are within authorised limits, each individual call-off contract
does not exceed the value of £6.2 million over its term and
that the total value of all contracts awarded over the term of the
framework does not exceed £56 million.
 
c) delegate authority to the Executive Director of Adult Social
Care And Health (in consultation with the Director of
Law, Corporate Governance and Assistant Director Community Services
and Disabilities) to select the preferred provider(s) onto the
framework agreement and select the preferred provider for
individual contracts called off under the framework agreement in
accordance with the selection and award criteria published in the
Tender documentation.
 
d) agree extensions for 22 supported living contracts to allow
time for the new Framework to be established. These contracts will
be prioritised for procurement under the new Framework. The total
cost of these extensions is £13,773,981.10. The cost of each
individual contract is set out in Appendix 1.