Decision details

Surrey County Council (SCC) has a statutory duty to support disabled children, young people and their families. Personal Support is part of the short breaks offer but is a specialist service and is only available following assessment. 

Personal Support is home-based care, primarily used by SCC’s Children with Disabilities team to provide families with respite care (short break), in accordance with their assessed needs. Personal support may also be used to provide other types of support such as emergency or crisis support and support outside the home for children and young people to access and be included in social and leisure actives in their local communities.

The services provided through the new contract will be available to all of the Children’s Services teams and the procurement value reflects this scope.

The new DPS for Personal Support Services will commence on 1^st April 2024 and it will be in place for 3 years, up to 31^st March 2027. There is also an available extension of 2 years taking this to 31^st March 2029.

It was AGREED that:

1.           A contract is awarded to Impower Consulting Limited under the ESPO Framework Consultancy Services 2021 664_21 Lot 4c Social Care Childrens.

Specialist knowledge and experience covering the combination of Education and Inclusion for Children with Additional Needs; High Needs Block demand management; strengths-based practice; financial modelling and performance capability.

Ability to deliver the required activity and contribute towards significant benefits (improved outcomes for children and financial cost containment) within relatively constrained timelines.

Ability to mobilise quickly due to existing knowledge and relationships in Surrey.

Further details about the procurement process are included in the Procurement Report.

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