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Home care packages & brokerage process

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Dear Cheshire East Council,

Please could you confirm the following under the FOI process please?

How do you award home are packages of care fairly and in line with best practice? Who awards these contracts?

How are care at home providers given equal opportunities to bid for work and become a sustainable care operator across Cheshire East ? can you demonstrate this?

Which providers have all standard homecare packages been awarded to over the last 12 months? As it’s public monies spent I would assume it’s not commercially sensitive.

Are brokerage functions assessed to ensure they are awarding packages of care fairly and not being awarded to one preferred provider by specific officers ?

Yours faithfully,
Care Advisor

Information Rights Team, Cheshire East Council

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Date: 25 September 2024
Our Reference: 27383517
Your reference:[FOI #1178583 email]
 
Dear Mr Rothwell
 
Information Request  - Home care packages & brokerage process  - 27383517 
 
Thank you for your recent request for information, which will be handled
under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 or Environmental
Information Regulations 2004 as appropriate.
 
Y ou asked for the following information:
 
Please could you confirm the following under the FOI process please?

How do you award home are packages of care fairly and in line with best
practice? Who awards these contracts?

How are care at home providers given equal opportunities to bid for work
and become a sustainable care operator across Cheshire East ? can you
demonstrate this?

Which providers have all standard homecare packages been awarded to over
the last 12 months? As it's public monies spent I would assume it's not
commercially sensitive.

Are brokerage functions assessed to ensure they are awarding packages of
care fairly and not being awarded to one preferred provider by specific
officers ?
 
Under statutory timeframes our response to your request is due by 22
October 2024. 
 
If you have any queries about this information request please email us,
quoting our reference number in the subject line.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Ellie Simcox
Information Rights Assistant
Cheshire East Council
 
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Date: 21 October 2024
Our Reference: 27383517
Your reference:[FOI #1178583 email]
 
Dear Charles Rothwell
 
Thank you for your request for information received on 24 September 2024.
 
Please find attached our response to your request.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Nicola Hull
Business and Finance Support
Cheshire East Council
 
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