Decision details

Having consulted with the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care Commissioning: 

DECISION 

To approve the following variations to the council’s contract with PeoplePlus Group Limited(trading as Gloucestershire Carers Hub (GCH)) for the provision of support for adult carers and parent carers in Gloucestershire: 

1.               A variation under which the annual charges payable thereunder during the final 2 years of the contract shall be increased by £118,473 per annum in order tocontinue to deliver carers support services to carers in Gloucestershire. (which equates to a 6.83% increase in total contract value); 

2.               A variation under which the number of hours of short break services that may be provided under the contract during the period 1^st April 2024 - 31^st March 2025 and 1^st  April 2025 to 31^st March 2026 shall be capped at the same level as those that were provided under the contract during the period 1^st April 2023 – 31^st March 2024.; and 

3.               A variation under which any short break services that may be required during the final 2 years of the contract in excess of the said cap shall be calledoff by the council on a pay-as-you-go basis.