Issue - meetings

To consider a report by Councillor Bobby Feeley, Lead Member for Well-being and Independence (copy enclosed) seeking Cabinet approval for Denbighshire County Council to act as the Lead Commissioner on an Invitation to Tender for the Regional Memory Support Assessment Service.

RESOLVED that –

(a)       Denbighshire County Council act as the Lead Commissioner for the Regional Memory Support Assessment Service Invitation to Tender;

(b)       that the Invitation to Tender exercise is led by the Denbighshire County Council procurement team in order to ensure due process is followed which is appropriate to the level of the potential contract value, and

(c)        Cabinet confirms it has read, understood and taken account of the Well-being Impact Assessment (Appendix I to the report) as part of its consideration.

Councillor Bobby Feeley presented the report seeking Cabinet approval for Denbighshire County Council (DCC) to act as the lead commissioner on behalf of the Regional Collaboration Team [six local authorities and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) partners in North Wales] on an Invitation to Tender with a potential contract value of up to £3.36m (over a potential 5-year period) for the Regional Memory Support Assessment Service.  The funding would be used to support the implementation of the North Wales Dementia Strategy.

The region had secured additional/new and recurring funding of £672k pa from Welsh Government for developing an enhanced regional approach to supporting individuals who had memory issues/concerns or dementia at the pre-assessment and post-diagnosis stages.  Details of the regional integrated memory assessment pathway were provided to deliver a regional service that would be easy to access, efficient, effective and equitable for the population with dementia and their carers.  The invitation to tender would identify partners the project could work with to develop the necessary regional provision and further detail of the tendering/commissioning process had been included in the report.  Given that DCC was host authority for the regional collaboration service approval was sought from Cabinet to enable them to act as lead commissioner on the tender for the region.

The Head of Regional Collaboration added that all partners were keen to undertake a joint commissioning exercise and there would be no additional costs or support expected from DCC.  In response to a query from the Leader on the risk in section 10.2 of the report, it was confirmed that whoever took the lead authority role was indemnified by each of the partners in respect of the risk of legal challenge.

RESOLVED that –

(a)       Denbighshire County Council act as the Lead Commissioner for the Regional Memory Support Assessment Service Invitation to Tender;

(b)       that the Invitation to Tender exercise is led by the Denbighshire County Council procurement team in order to ensure due process is followed which is appropriate to the level of the potential contract value, and

(c)        Cabinet confirms it has read, understood and taken account of the Well-being Impact Assessment (Appendix I to the report) as part of its consideration.