Adult Social Care Contracts
Tuesday, 10 July 2018Question
1. For Home Care contracts - what percentage of individual client services (in the past financial year) do council staff undertake monitoring visits to check that the contracted services were delivered? A ‘service’ means each visit to a clients home.
2. In bid evaluation, what percentage weighting does your council put on workforce matters as described in the Scottish Government procurement guidance (SPPN 1/2015)?
If this varies between adult social care contracts, list the variations and reasons for such variations.
3. Have you awarded contracts, or made payments to any providers who will not be paying their adult care staff the Scottish Living Wage? If so, list the providers who will not be paying the Scottish Living Wage. Give reasons why you awarded a contract to a provider who will not be paying the Scottish Living Wage.
Answer
1. For Home Care contracts - what percentage of individual client services (in the past financial year) do council staff undertake monitoring visits to check that the contracted services were delivered? A ‘service’ means each visit to a clients home. There are no home care contracts.
2. In bid evaluation, what percentage weighting does your council put on workforce matters as described in the Scottish Government procurement guidance (SPPN 1/2015)?
If this varies between adult social care contracts, list the variations and reasons for such variations. The only service we have tendered is Residential, Nursing and Respite Care – we just qualify them onto the framework and don’t evaluate a technical submission. There is a requirement under the National Care Home Contract to pay the living wage for care staff within the homes with which our providers comply.
3. Have you awarded contracts, or made payments to any providers who will not be paying their adult care staff the Scottish Living Wage? If so, list the providers who will not be paying the Scottish Living Wage. Give reasons why you awarded a contract to a provider who will not be paying the Scottish Living Wage. No.