Minutes for Delegated Decisions by Cabinet Member for Adult Services meeting, Mar 23 2011, 1.30PM official page

Any county councillor may, by giving notice to the Proper Officer by 9 am on the working day before the meeting, ask a question on any matter in respect of the Cabinet Member’s delegated powers.

 

The number of questions which may be asked by any councillor at any one meeting is limited to two (or one question with notice and a supplementary question at the meeting) and the time for questions will be limited to 30 minutes in total. As with questions at Council, any questions which remain unanswered at the end of this item will receive a written response.

 

Questions submitted prior to the agenda being despatched are shown below and will be the subject of a response from the appropriate Cabinet Member or such other councillor or officer as is determined by the Cabinet Member, and shall not be the subject of further debate at this meeting. Questions received after the despatch of the agenda, but before the deadline, will be shown on the Schedule of Addenda circulated at the meeting, together with any written response which is available at that time.

Forward Plan Ref: 2011/045

Contact: Andrew Colling, Service Manager, Contracts Tel: (01865) 323682

 

Report by Director for Social & Community Services (CMDAS4).

 

In August 2010, a verbal report was made to the Social & Community Services Procurement Panel on the position with current contracts for day services, information & advice and carers services. Current contracts with the majority of these providers run to 31 March 2011. For most there is no further extension provision within them as these have been fully utilised.

 

The expiry of these contracts comes at a time of major changes to the way Adult Social Care services are purchased in Oxfordshire with the launch of Self Directed Support arrangements in October 2010.

 

In October 2010, a report was submitted to the Social & Community Services Procurement Panel that updated them on proposed changes to the Day Services Strategy for Older people.  The aim is to deliver better outcomes tailored to individual need and in a style that is most suited to lives in the second decade of the 21st century. A new Day Opportunities Strategy was subsequently agreed by the Cabinet on 21 November 2010.

 

The Cabinet Member for Adult Services is RECOMMENDED to approve this exemption from the Council’s Contract Procedure Rules.