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Report of Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing attached.

The Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing presented the report which requested approval for the Division to award a contract to a care provider for the Topping Mill Mental Health Supported Living Scheme.

Decision:

The Cabinet:

1.      Award Rethink Mental Illness a 3-year contract for the mental health supported living tender for the Topping Mill scheme.

2.      Enter a 3-year arrangement (July 2025 to Jun 2028), with an option to extend for +1 year and +1 year, subject to performance and review.

3.      Delegate finalisation and sealing of this contract, including any clarification, to the Director of Law and Democratic Services in consultation with the Executive Director for Health and Care.

Reason for the decision:

The Bury Housing with Additional Needs Strategy and Market Position Statement analysed the existing provision of mental health supported accommodation services and predicted the growth needed to meet future demands. The Market Position Statement indicates that an extra 86 units of mental health supported accommodation is needed by 2025.

Our commissioning intentions are to increase the provision of self-contained supported accommodation and reduce the number of units offering shared supported accommodation. The proposed scheme at Topping Mill offers ‘own front door’ apartments.

The proposed model for Topping Mill will offer medium term support for up to 5 years, supporting people to develop person-centred recovery towards greater independent living. The scheme will improve wider system flow creating accommodation and support options for people who are clinically ready for discharge from hospital, the scheme will offer 24/7 supported living and will fill a deficit in local provision.

A competitive procurement process has been completed to identify the most suitable care provider for this new scheme.

Other options considered and rejected:

The Public Procurement Contracts Regulations 2015 do not allow for light touch or direct award in this case.

Report of Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing attached.

The Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing presented the Part B report which set out the full financial details requesting approval for the Division to award a contract to a care provider for the Topping Mill Mental Health Supported Living Scheme.

Decision:

The Cabinet:

1.      Award Rethink Mental Illness a 3-year contract for the mental health supported living tender for the Topping Mill scheme.

2.      Enter a 3-year arrangement (July 2025 to Jun 2028), with an option to extend for +1 year and +1 year, subject to performance and review.

3.      Delegate finalisation and sealing of this contract, including any clarification, to the Director of Law and Democratic Services in consultation with the Executive Director for Health and Care.

Reason for the decision:

As set out for Part A.

Other options considered and rejected:

As set out for Part A.