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Decisions made by the Lead Member on 24th June 2021 Additional documents: Minutes: 14.1 The Lead Member approved as a correct record the decisions made on 24 June 2021. |
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Disclosure of interests Disclosure by all Members present of personal interests in matters on the agenda, the nature of any interest and whether the Members regard the interest as prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct. Additional documents: Minutes: 15.1 There were no disclosures of interest. |
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Urgent items Notification of any items which the Lead Member considers urgent and proposes to take at the appropriate part of the agenda. Additional documents: Minutes: 16.1 There were no urgent items. |
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Telecare Contract Extension Additional documents: Minutes: 17.1 The Lead Member considered a report seeking approval to extend the existing telecare contract to August 2023, to enable a comprehensive review of telecare provision in East Sussex to inform a full recommissioning exercise. 17.2 The Lead Member RESOLVED to: 1. Agree to the extension of the existing contract with the current provider, Welbeing, for the provision of telecare services until 31 August 2023; and 2. delegate authority to the Director of Adult Social Care to take all necessary actions to give effect to the implementation of the above recommendation
Reason 17.3 The current service is of a high quality and represents good value for money. The extension of the existing contract will: · Enable the Council to undertake a full review of the market alongside key stakeholders and develop a specification that maximises the technical developments in this area; · Provide an opportunity to upgrade all of the analogue telecare equipment in advance of the digital switchover in 2025; and · Maximise the financial benefits of the current contract structure through ongoing reductions in unit costs as a result of the incremental increases in the number of connections against a static contract value.
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Housing Related Floating Support Services - Contract Award Additional documents:
Minutes: 18.1 The Lead Member considered a report seeking approval to award the contract, for Housing Related Floating Support Services, to the preferred bidder after completion of a competitive tendering process. 18.2 The Lead Member RESOLVED to: 1. Agree the contract award for Housing Related Floating Support to the preferred bidder (Bidder A) as set out in paragraph 3.1; and 2. delegate authority to the Director of Adult Social Care to take all necessary actions to give effect to the implementation of the above recommendation Reason 18.3 The outcome of the competitive tendering process identified a clear leader, which scored equal to or higher than the others in all criteria other than Social Value. Therefore, the unanimous recommendation of the Evaluation Panel is to award the contract to the Bidder A.
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Exclusion of the Press and Public To consider excluding the public and press from the meeting for the remaining agenda item on the grounds that if the public and press were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as specified in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), namely information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).
Additional documents: Minutes: 19.1 The Lead Member RESOLVED to exclude the public and press from the meeting for the remaining agenda item on the grounds that if the public and press were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as specified in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), namely information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).
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Housing Related Floating Support Services - Contract Award- Exempt Information Minutes: 20.1 The Lead Member considered a report containing exempt information relating to item 5 (minute 18). 20.2 The Lead Member RESOLVED to note the report. |