Decision details

Proposed decision: To extend the current contracts for Living Well/Ageing Well services – Smoking Cessation, Health Checks, Health Trainers and Healthy Weight – to 30 September 2016, to bring these contracts to an end at the same time, whilst allowing for the development of transformative service models, prior to the competitive tendering of a new model.

How the decision relates to BS4K and Corporate Objectives:

In line with the council’s Strategic Framework, extending the existing contracts will allow for a focus on outcomes, whilst developing new services that will be based around the needs of the people of Kent .

Financial Implications:

The Living Well/Ageing Well contracts that are proposed to be extended currently have annual values as follows:

·         Health Checks  (currently expires January  2016)  - £1,940,912

·         Healthy Weight (currently expires January 2016) - £2,010,724

·         Smoking Cessation (currently expires March 2016) - £1,873,207

·         Health Trainers (currently expires January 2016) - £1,434,222

Legal Implications: The decision will require a single source tender to extend the existing contracts to 30^th September 2016. 

Equality Implications: None.

The matter is referred to in the Business Plan and Medium Term Capital Programme.

As Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health, I agree that the County Council extend the current contracts for the Living Well/Ageing Well services, outlined in the attached recommendation report, to 30^th September 2016, to allow for harmonisation of the contract end dates, prior to a transformation of the approach and subsequent competitive tender services.