Issue - meetings

(Report of the Director of Public Health): To seek approval for a second extension of the Eban contract for a further year from March 2012 to March 2013.

The Appendix to the interleaved report was the subject of a motion to exclude the press and public from the meeting as it contained exempt information relating to the business or financial affairs of any particular person (including the Authority holding that information).

The Committee considered a report seeking approval for a second year long extension of the Eban contract from March 2012. This would allow for all of the borough’s substance misuse treatment provision to be re-tendered within the same time frame and established as local authority contracts following the abolition of Primary Care Trusts which currently hold some of the provision. The re-tendering would seek to achieve better value for money and increase the quality of the service provided. The Committee noted the imperative for the re-tendering process to be started at the earliest opportunity in line with Legal advice contained within the appendix to minimise the risks associated with the procurement process. 

RESOLVED

That in accordance with CSO 13.02 approval be granted to extension of the Eban contract for a period of one year from April 2012 to March 2013 to the value of £401,224 and that this contract award sum be paid to the Blenheim Community Drug Project directly from the Adult Pooled Drug Treatment Budget.

That it be noted that the cost of the contract will be met from the Adult Drug Pooled Treatment Budget, which is an annual ring-fenced budget from the Department of Health (National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse).