Purpose

The purpose of this report is to
provide an overview of the Integrated Community Equipment Service
(ICES), a statutory service, delivered across Peterborough and
Cambridgeshire which is commissioned by the local health and social
care system, supporting people of all ages to remain as independent
as possible within the community.  

 

It will also provide the Chief
Executive, in consultation with the Leader and Chair of the
Prevention, Independence & Resilience Scrutiny Committee with
an understanding of the sustainability challenges this service
currently faces along with an outline of the recommended approach
to manage this. These recommendations aim to ensure that PCC as
lead authority on behalf of CCC and the ICB shall continue to meet
the parties’ statutory duties and ensure continuity of
support for people who require it across Peterborough and
Cambridgeshire. 

 

Decision

The Chief Executive, in
consultation with the Leader and the Chair of
the  

Prevention, Independence &
Resilience Scrutiny Committee approved to: 

 

1.    
Authorise the Council to exercise
its right to terminate the contract between PCC and Nottingham
Rehab Limited for provision of Integrated Community Equipment
Services across Peterborough and Cambridgeshire with immediate
effect as a result of a contractual termination event being
triggered. 

 

2.    
Authorise the Council, as lead
commissioner on behalf of CCC and the ICB, to direct award a new
contract for the Integrated Community Equipment Service across
Peterborough and Cambridgeshire, to an alternative provider,
Medequip Assistive Technology Limited, to ensure continuity of this
statutory service at a maximum annual value of £8,758,947 per
annum and a total value of up to £35,035,788 over a 4 year
contract period. This value excludes annual fee rate changes which
will be agreed through the annual fee rate change business plan
investment case approval and internal governance. The new contract
may commence upon this report becoming
effective. 

 

3.    
Authorise a variation to the
Delegation Agreement that operates between PCC and CCC, which
underpins PCC's responsibilities as lead authority of this service,
to reflect any variation to the contractual and financial position
of new arrangements as a result of PCC exercising the right to
terminate the existing contract with Nottingham Rehab Limited and
enter into a new contract with Medequip Assistive Technology
Limited. 
These changes shall take effect
from the date of this report. 

 

4.    
Authorise a variation to the
Section 75 Partnering Agreement that operates between PCC, CCC and
the ICB in relation to Peterborough and Cambridgeshire’s
Integrated Community Equipment Service to reflect necessary changes
to the contractual and financial position of any new arrangements
PCC shall enter into. These changes shall take effect from the date
of this report. 

 

5.    
Acknowledge that both CCC and the
ICB, for whom PCC commissions the Integrated Community Equipment
Service on behalf of, have taken equivalent urgent decisions and
agree through their respective governance structures to support the
simultaneous termination and direct award of contract by PCC as the
lead authority.  

 

Reasons for the decision

This decision has been taken in
accordance with the constitution at Part 4, Section 4 –
General Standing Orders, section 6.1 which permits emergency action
by the Chief Executive whereby circumstances make it necessary for
the Council to take urgent action which would not otherwise be in
accordance with the Constitution. The Chief Executive is deemed to
have delegated authority for this purpose, in consultation with the
Leader and the Chairman of the relevant Scrutiny
Committee.