Agenda item

[Report of the Interim Director for Public Health. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Adults and Health]

The purpose of the report is to recommend award of contract(s) for Integrated Haringey Adult Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery Services following a competitive procurement process.

The Cabinet Member for Adults and Health introduced this report which sought approval to award the contracts for provision of adult substance misuse services to Haringey residents experiencing drug and alcohol problems, their families and friends, in accordance with Contract Standing Order (CSO) 9.07.1 (d). Cabinet was informed that problems with alcohol and drugs remained an issue for many residents within the borough but it was often those from the most economically deprived areas who needed help the most. The Cabinet Member thanked the officers and their team for the work they had done with regard to this issue and noted that service users had been involved in the tender process. Cabinet noted that this report would be further considered in the exempt part of the meeting.

The following information was provided to Cllr Cawley- Harrison:

·         That the award of contract was in three parts (drugs, alcohol, and recovery) and the details on the specifications would be provided at a later date

·         In response to a question on whether the Adults and Health Overview Scrutiny Committee could be provided with oversight of the regular appraisals and performance statics of the three awarded providers, it was noted that this was not normal practise. However overarching strategic information on the provision of drugs, Alcohol and recovery services could be provided to the Scrutiny Committee.

·         A written response would be provided as to why the ‘Percentage of injecting drug users tested for Hep B and Vaccinated fully’ did not include those who dropped out before becoming completely vaccinated and whether this artificially inflated the success rates of the figures.

Further to considering exempt information at item 22,

RESOLVED

To approve the award of contracts to the successful providers in accordance with Contract Standing Order (CSO) 9.07.1(d) for an initial term of 4 years commencing from 1^st January 2019 to December 2023 with an option to extend for a period or periods of up to a further 2 years and another 2 years at a total value of £14,671,695.53 for the initial 4 years and the total value of £29,508,286.21 over the 8 years as follows:

Table 1. Brief summary on the outcomes of the tender

Reasons for decision

The Council is responsible for ensuring that there are accessible effective substance misuse treatment services for the local residents. In 1 April 2013, the responsibility of commissioning of substance misuse services was transferred from the NHS to local authorities, resources for these services were transferred within the ring fenced Public Health Grant.

The recommendations as outlined in section 3 are based on those providers who scored the highest Most Economical Advantageous Tender (MEAT) scores and therefore would offer the best value to Council in terms of quality and price. The quality component of this tender was 60% and 40% price. The quality component is deemed to be of importance as part of the service provision is of a clinical nature and as such compliance with standards are crucial.

Alternative options considered

The tendering of these services is part of public health’s wider commissioning plan and an agreed Business Case for the tendering of drug and alcohol contracts. The existing Council-held contracts for these services are due to end in December 2018.