Issue details

To seek Cabinet approval to:

Lapse the Council’s membership of the current regional collaborative pseudo–Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for 16+ Supported Accommodation into the new pseudo-DPS led by South Gloucestershire Council.

Develop and then procure a multi-supplier Gloucestershire Open Supported Accommodation Framework Agreement that will better serve the needs of children in care and care leavers aged 16+ in Gloucestershire.

To implement spot purchasing arrangements in accordance with Council spot-purchasing standards for new supported accommodation placements in the interim whilst the proposed new Framework Agreement is in development.

The proposed Framework Agreement will support the core ambitions within Gloucestershire County Council’s (the Council) Sufficiency Strategy Home@theHeart to take steps to secure, so far as reasonably practicable, sufficient accommodation within the authority’s area which meets the needs of its children in care. This will be achieved through the provision of good quality homes for children and young people and improve their outcomes through proactive engagement with the market, market shaping, and driving value-for-money commissioned arrangements.