Procurement status and plans for Electronic Homecare/Reablement Rostering/Scheduling and Visit Monitoring solutions in 2021/22 or 2022/23.

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Dear Peter Briggs

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your request for information received on the 2^nd February
2022. We have considered your request and enclose the following
information -

Q1. Regarding Electronic Homecare/Reablement Rostering/Scheduling and
Visit Monitoring (including via a mobile app which also enables electronic
rota delivery to, and feedback captured by, the care workers):

(a) Does the Council have any plans to procure an Electronic
Homecare/Reablement Rostering/Scheduling cloud software solution for
scheduling care services to be undertaken by its in-house adult social
care services, informing staff of their rotas and recording the visit
attendance by the Council’s in-house staff and/or capturing feedback (e.g.
the outcomes achieved, medications dispensed), supporting its social care
service users, primarily but not restricted to only domiciliary
care/reablement) in: i) 2021/2022, or; ii) 2022/23, and if so when;

HART currently contracts an external provider with the provision of our
electronic rostering and scheduling software. The software currently being
used adequately supports our requirements and has the ability to capture
feedback and provide additional add-ons if required.

(b) via which procurement route, and; -

As a local authority service, our procurement processes are managed via
our internal processes. This includes a tendering process and subsequent
approvals in line with the Procurement Policy.

(c) provide the contact name for the relevant procurement lead OR if
Council privacy policy so requires, the name of the department leading the
procurement within the Council, as well as an indication if, and when /
how, the Council intends to contact or is willing to engage with the
market, plus;

All procurement related issues are managed via our Corporate Services –
Procurement Team who can be contacted at [1][email address]

(d) if the Council would be interested in receiving information in this
regard and the department / contact name to whom the information should be
sent?

Due to the current system meeting service needs. CCBC would not be
interested in receiving information regarding any other rostering system

(2) Does the Council have an existing Electronic Homecare/Reablement
Rostering/Scheduling on-premise or cloud software solution and if so can
the Council please:

(a) advise the supplier, and name of the solution, as well as;

Rostering supplier is : CACI – Cygnum; Monitoring CACI - inTouch

(b) the current expiry date of the contract under which it is purchased?

The current arrangement is on an on-going rolling basis with no expiry
date.

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Yours sincerely

Corporate Information Governance Unit

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