Decision details

AWC.035.2023 Novation of CCaSH Contract

Decision Maker: Director of People

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Allied Health Services Ltd is owned by Cera Care Ltd
Management from Cera Care Ltd recently contacted operational commissioning to explain that the manager of the Allied Health Services Ltd Doncaster branch was leaving for alternative employment and it has led them to further reorganise how they deliver domiciliary care across Doncaster.
Cera Care Ltd also operate a branch in Doncaster under the name Cera Care which is party to the Council’s CCaSH commissioned framework. Cera Care Ltd concluded that it would be more practical to merge both the Cera Care and Allied Health Services Ltd Doncaster branches to operate as one legal entity under the name Cera Care Ltd. They are therefore requesting that the Council’s Call off Contacts be further novated from Allied Health Services Ltd to Cera Care Ltd

Decision:

To novate call off contracts awarded under the Council’s Commissioned Care and Support at Home (CCaSH) Framework held by Allied Health Services Ltd to Cera Care Ltd.
The contracts are for delivery of approximately hours of domiciliary care at a yearly cost of circa per year until October 2025 (under a current 2 year contract extension)This is further to ODR AHWB.004.2023 dated the 6th October 2022 within which prior approval was given to previously novate these call off contracts from Green Square Accord Ltd to Allied Health- Services Ltd following the sale of Green Square Accord in January 2023.

Alternative options considered:

To move the packages to other care providers.

Publication date: 26/04/2024

Date of decision: 07/12/2023

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