Commissioning for adults and childrens services

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Dear Bath and North East Somerset Council,

I would like to know the following.

Adults

• Who is your main contact for Commissioning Services for Adult
Social Care?

• Do you currently use an IT system to support your contract
management? If Yes please name the system and suppliers ?

• How much does this IT system cost, when did you sign up for the
contract and how long was the contract?

• Once service users are assessed, what is the split between
self-funders and people reliant on the local authority to pay for
their care (full or part)?

• Do you provide brokerage services for self/part funders?

• Do you use/plan to use micro-procurement/commissioning?

• Do private brokers operate in your area?

• How do you currently procure your services, please provide
information of the split between the following methods? e.g. via
commissioning teams, social workers do it themselves, panels for
expensive care packages, micro-procurement/commissioning,
personalisation/self-directed support

• What is the proportion of the above? Please provide me with an
estimated split between all of your service types

• How many providers do you contract with and are they
internal/external?

• How many contracts and of what type does your councils manage in
the commissioning of adult social care services? e.g. is it
referrals to in-house services, predominantly spot purchasing,
purchasing under framework contracts/agreements, block contracts or
cost and volume contracts

• Do you have a performance management framework for monitoring the
performance of providers? If so then would it be possible to
forward or provide a link to it.

Children’s

• Who is your main contact for Commissioning Services for
Children’s Services?

• Do you currently use an IT system to support your contract
management? If Yes please name the system?

• How much does this IT system cost, when did you sign up for the
contract and how long was the contract?

• How do you currently procure your services for Children’s Social
Care, please provide information of the split between the following
methods e.g. via commissioning teams, social workers do it
themselves, panels for expensive care packages,
micro-procurement/commissioning

• What is the proportion of the above?

• Do you use/plan to use micro-procurement/commissioning?

• How many providers do you contract with and are they
internal/external?

• How many contracts and of what type does your councils manage in
the commissioning of Children’s social care services? e.g. is it
referrals to in-house services, predominantly spot purchasing,
purchasing under framework contracts/agreements, block contracts or
cost and volume contracts

• Do you have a performance management framework for monitoring the
performance of providers? If so then would it be possible to
forward a copy or provide a link to it.

Yours faithfully,

jamie brown

Information Governance, Bath and North East Somerset Council

Dear Jamie Brown,

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Andy Marshall
Information Compliance Manager
Risk and Assurance Services
Bath & North East Somerset Council
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Bath & North East Somerset Council

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From:  jamie brown <[FOI #147467 email]>

Sent:    28 January 2013 12:45

To:       Information Governance

Subject:           Freedom of Information request - Commissioning for
adults and childrens

services

 

Follow Up Flag:           Follow up

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     Dear Bath and North East Somerset Council,

    

     I would like to know the following.

    

     Adults

    

     • Who is your main contact for Commissioning Services for Adult

     Social Care?

    

     • Do you currently use an IT system to support your contract

     management? If Yes please name the system and suppliers ?

    

     • How much does this IT system cost, when did you sign up for the

     contract and how long was the contract?

    

     • Once service users are assessed, what is the split between

     self-funders and people reliant on the local authority to pay for

     their care (full or part)?

    

     • Do you provide brokerage services for self/part funders?

    

     • Do you use/plan to use micro-procurement/commissioning?

    

     • Do private brokers operate in your area?

    

     • How do you currently procure your services, please provide

     information of the split between the following methods? e.g. via

     commissioning teams, social workers do it themselves, panels for

     expensive care packages, micro-procurement/commissioning,

     personalisation/self-directed support

    

     • What is the proportion of the above? Please provide me with an

     estimated split between all of your service types

    

     • How many providers do you contract with and are they

     internal/external?

    

     • How many contracts and of what type does your councils manage in

     the commissioning of adult social care services? e.g. is it

     referrals to in-house services, predominantly spot purchasing,

     purchasing under framework contracts/agreements, block contracts or

     cost and volume contracts

    

     • Do you have a performance management framework for monitoring the

     performance of providers? If so then would it be possible to

     forward or provide a link to it.

    

     Children’s

    

     • Who is your main contact for Commissioning Services for

     Children’s Services?

    

     • Do you currently use an IT system to support your contract

     management? If Yes please name the system?

    

     • How much does this IT system cost, when did you sign up for the

     contract and how long was the contract?

    

     • How do you currently procure your services for Children’s Social

     Care, please provide information of the split between the following

     methods e.g. via commissioning teams, social workers do it

     themselves, panels for expensive care packages,

     micro-procurement/commissioning

    

     • What is the proportion of the above?

    

     • Do you use/plan to use micro-procurement/commissioning?

    

     • How many providers do you contract with and are they

     internal/external?

    

     • How many contracts and of what type does your councils manage in

     the commissioning of Children’s social care services? e.g. is it

     referrals to in-house services, predominantly spot purchasing,

     purchasing under framework contracts/agreements, block contracts or

     cost and volume contracts

    

     • Do you have a performance management framework for monitoring the

     performance of providers? If so then would it be possible to

     forward a copy or provide a link to it.

    

     Yours faithfully,

    

     jamie brown

    

 

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