To agree the procurement of a financial pre-paid card service to support both the council’s adults and wellbeing and children’s wellbeing directorates, and the Clinical Commissioning Group, if required, and authorise the director for adults and wellbeing to award a new five year contract implemented from 1 July 2018.

The cabinet member health and wellbeing introduced the report. The key points noted were the advantages of using new technology, the opportunities for wider use of pre-paid cards across directorates and the benefits of a live and auditable system to track usage and control spending. 

That:

a)      a financial pre-paid card service available to adults’ and children’s social careclients, and certain Clinical Commissioning Group clients if required, is awarded through an open procurement and a contract to be issued for a period of up to five years effective from 1 July 2018;

b)     the Director for Adults and Wellbeing is authorised, following consultation with the Director for Children’s Wellbeing, to take all operational decisions necessary to implement the above recommendation, including award of contract at a total cost of not more than £132k.