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Bedford BC - OFFICIAL-Unsecure

Dear Mr Wake

Request pursuant to Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request No. 11281

I refer to your recent enquiry for information held by the Council. 

Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, the authority must
state whether or not the information exists and I confirm that we do hold
the information you requested.

Please find the information you requested below and attached.

1. The current average number of weekly hours commissioned to private
domiciliary care providers for Adult Social Care as of August 2017:

14.4hours.

2. The estimated Annual Spend commissioned for Adult Domiciliary Care
through private domiciliary care providers (Based on 2016):

£9.405 million. (The Council does not hold the data for commissioned
spend, therefore we have provided actual spend for 2016/2017).

3. The type of agreements held with private domiciliary care providers
commissioned to deliver Adult Social Care services such as frameworks,
Spot Contracts, Block Contracts etc. and their start/end dates:

The Council is commissioning provision of domiciliary care services from
3rd party providers via a combination of a Framework Agreement and spot
purchasing. A new Framework Agreement for the provision of adult
domiciliary care and children’s domiciliary care and short breaks was
established on 3rd October 2016. The Framework Agreement is due to expire
on 2nd October 2018. For the purpose of ensuring that personal choice is
factored in when selecting a care provider, the Council utilises when
deemed necessary spot purchasing arrangements.

4. The lowest and highest (based on the standard daytime week day rate)
charge rates per hour of domiciliary care charged to the local authority
for Adult Social care commissioned through private domiciliary care
providers:

£12.68 to £21.30

5. When you anticipate retendering for domiciliary care services for Adult
Social Care:

Current expectation is April 2018 for new contract commencement in October
2018 however the Council reserves the right to vary this timetable.

6. The names of the current Domiciliary Care Providers commissioned in
your authority to deliver Adult Social Care.

Preferred and Approved providers are already in public domain here:
[1]https://www.bedford.gov.uk/health_and_so...
. The complete list including spot providers used when preferred/approved
cannot pick up is attached.

7. The contact Name, Email address and Contact number of the person
responsible for commissioning domiciliary care services in your authority:

George Hunt - Head of Commissioning, Bedford Borough Council, Borough
Hall, Bedford, MK42 9AP, Tel: 01234 718240 (47240), [mobile number]

8. Are commissioned providers required to use real-time electronic
monitoring to provide data to the local authority and if so which system?

The current status is that the Council prefers providers to use CM2000 for
electronic monitoring. The intention is that this will become a
requirement in 18/19.

9. The number of service users currently receiving a direct payment within
your local authority as well as the number of average hours per week:

466

10. Is the local authority working with health partners to commission
health funded care?

Yes,  in areas of community equipment, care homes and various schemes
under the umbrella of the Better Care Fund. Not however in the area of
home care which the inquiry is focussing on.

11. The authorities’ current market positioning statement for Adult Social
Care:

The Councils Market Position Statement is pending internal approval prior
to publication.

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Yours sincerely

Jenny Peck/Ruby Fairley

Business Management Support Officer - Adults’ Services

Bedford Borough Council

Borough Hall

Cauldwell Street

Bedford

MK42 9AP

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Bedford BC - OFFICIAL-Unsecure

Hi Jamie,

Please could you confirm the following:

* Which date range you would like these figures over?

* Would you like the total or average number of weekly commissioned hours?

Yours sincerely,

Will

William J. Willgress

System Administrator

Bedford Borough Council

Borough Hall

Cauldwell Street

Bedford,

MK42 9AP

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