Agenda item

Procurement of substance misuse recovery and treatment services including shared care

Decision:

(a)  That the extension of the existing contract to Turning Point for Provision of Substance Misuse Recovery Services to the maximum value of £864,000, and to Farnham Road GP Practice for Shared Care Provision and Clinical services for adults with substance misuse (Farnham Road) to the maximum value of £256,000 be approved, giving a combined maximum value of £1,120,000 to cover the period 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023.

 

(b)  That delegated authority be given to the Executive Director for People – Adults, in consultation with the Lead Member for Social Care and Public Health, to enter contract documentation for the extension.

 

(c)  That it be noted that following further details regarding the national drugs strategy, a report would be brought back to Cabinet in Spring 2022 for a decision to commence procurement (this is dependent upon the timely publication of further details from the drug strategy, the Cabinet date is subject to revision).

Minutes:

The Lead Member for Social Care & Public Health introduced a report that sought approval for a one-year contract extension to the current contract for the Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery Service, which were currently been delivered by Turning Point and Farnham Road GP Practice.

 

Officers recognised that procurement activity should have commenced earlier and that Cabinet approval for an extension should have been sought earlier.  The extension requested would provide sufficient time to design and deliver a new substance misuse and treatment service model aligned to the new national drugs strategy: From harm to hope: a 10-year drug plan to cut crime and save lives.

 

In response to questions raised by the Cabinet it was noted that whilst the services proposed were not mandated they were clearly set out as requirements in the public health grant funding.  The Cabinet agreed the proposed one year extension should be granted with a further report to Cabinet on the longer term approach which took account of the new national strategy.

 

Resolved –

 

(a)  That the extension of the existing contract to Turning Point for Provision of Substance Misuse Recovery Services to the maximum value of £864,000, and to Farnham Road GP Practice for Shared Care Provision and Clinical services for adults with substance misuse (Farnham Road) to the maximum value of £256,000 be approved, giving a combined maximum value of £1,120,000 to cover the period 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023.

 

(b)  That delegated authority be given to the Executive Director for People – Adults, in consultation with the Lead Member for Social Care and Public Health, to enter contract documentation for the extension.

 

(c)  That it be noted that following further details regarding the national drugs strategy, a report would be brought back to Cabinet in Spring 2022 for a decision to commence procurement (this is dependent upon the timely publication of further details from the drug strategy, the Cabinet date is subject to revision).

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