Modification to Contract Award for 2024 POCTEC Enabled Care

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Quarterly report for the contracts awarded between 01.10.24 - 31.12.24. WM5G Limited - a subsidiary of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) - has been leading pioneering work to accelerate the deployment of digital connectivity and to test and prove opportunities to transform key sectors sensors, data and digital connectivity. WM5G is now looking to scale-up and accelerate the adoption of these technology services across the West Midlands in order to deliver radically more effective and efficient services and boost economic recovery and growth and increase digital inclusion. WM5G is establishing a collaborative Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for a range of services relating to the transformation of systems and services and the acceleration and scaling of 5G* adoption in key sectors - with an initial focus on advanced manufacturing and social care/smart communities. Lot 3: System Integration WM5G are commissioning and delivering Technology Enabled Care (TEC) scalable proof of concept in adult social care and being delivered in partnership with Birmingham City Council (BCC) and Coventry City Council (CCC), as well as City of Wolverhampton Council (CWC) who are dropping out of the programme from 30 September 2025. This followed a successful regional bid for funding to explore and gather evidence of benefits of impact for TEC recipients, the local health and care system and the wider region of deploying digital care technology combined with 5G standard connectivity to improve the independence and outcomes for older adults.