Decision details

Approval for the procurement of the delivery care services in Flexi Care housing

1.  That in consultation with the cabinet member for health and wellbeing and the cabinet member for new homes and sustainable development, the outcome of the insourcing investigation be noted and that the proposal to strategically commission all four current and pending flexi-care schemes in Southwark, as detailed in paragraph 2 of the report, be approved and that partial insourcing as detailed in paragraph 3 of the report be approved.

2.  That in consultation with the cabinet member for health and wellbeing and the cabinet member for new homes and sustainable development, the procurement approach set out in this report, for a period of five years from July 2025, at an estimated maximum annual cost of £4 million and an estimated total cost of £20 million, be approved.

3.  That the partial insourcing of the social inclusion function by creating a post known as a community coordinator, which will report via the adult social care directorate, be approved.