The Director of Director of Children, Family & Education has decided to award a Contract to Frank Rodgers for the Sum of £373,819, with contingency sum of £34,000 to be retained in the budget but not included in the contract.
This will be grant funded by NHS England.
Contractor Start on Site: 22nd April 2024, subject to contract being signed.
Contract Period: 12 to 15 weeks

The council have purchase and in the process of renovating, a property to be used for the purpose of providing a facility for children and young people with Learning Difficulties, Autism and presenting mental health difficulties. The property will provide a facility for up to three young people who are at risk of attendance at Accident and Emergency, in need of assessment and treatment for mental health issues (Tier 4 admissions), or in need of a placement away from their normal residence. This would provide a short break service offering a range of interventions to support the young person, and their carers, at a time of crisis and difficulty.

Following a tender exercise carried out by Prima Group, we established of the three organisations to place a bid a preferred contractor, which is Frank Rogers, they provided the lowest tender and the earliest completion date. They have a start on site date of 25th March with a completion date of 18th August ready for service opening in September.

Award contract to an alternative provider to bid. This option was rejected as costs where significantly higher and completion timescales longer which would take us past deadline date for opening the scheme.

Do nothing. This option was rejected as this service delivery is considered to be an enabler to the efficient delivery of the social care service and will aim to reduce the costs to the NHS, associated with child admissions into tier 4.