To extend the current contract with Kent Community Health Trust (KCHT) for three months to deliver Community Sexual Health Services in East Kent from 1st May 2015 to 31st July 2015.
The contract extension will enable KCHT to continue to deliver community sexual health services in East Kent through the existing contract whilst managing the transition to the new sexual health services contract by 1st August 2015.
The decision relates to BS4K and Corporate Objectives and will support corporate objectives by ensuring continued provision of a safe and effective community sexual health service through a contract that offers improved efficiency and better value for money for the County Council.
Financial Implications: Up to £1,509,819 over three month contract period.
Legal Implications: The contract extension will enable a managed transition to a new contract which has been awarded following a competitive tendering process conducted in line with relevant procurement regulations.
Equality Implications: None.
The matter is referred to in the directorate Business Plan/Medium Term Capital Programme.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Expenditure or savings of more than £1m;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Division affected: (All Division);
Notice of proposed decision first published: 26/02/2015
Decision due: Not before 24th Mar 2015 by Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health
Reason: in order that the proposed decision can be published for a minimum of 28 days, in accordance with statutory requirements
Lead member: Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health
Lead director: Andrew Scott-Clark
Department: Social Care, Health & Wellbeing
Contact: Karen Sharp, Head of Commissioning for Public Health 03000 416668, 03000 416348 Email: karen.sharp@kent.gov.uk, Faiza Khan, Deputy Director of Public Health Email: Faiza.Khan@kent.gov.uk.
Consultees
The Social Care and Public Health Cabinet Committee agreed to support the tendering exercise at its meeting of 4th October 2013.
The results of the first tender exercise were discussed by the Adult Social Care and Health Cabinet Committee on 2nd May 2014.
The Cabinet Committee endorsed the proposed contract award at its meeting on 4th December 2014 and will discuss the proposed contract extension at its meeting on 3rd March 2015.
Other
consultation planned or undertaken:
A service review and stakeholder consultation and market engagement
exercise was undertaken in 2013.
Financial implications: Karen Sharp, Head of Public Health Commissioning 03000 416668 Karen.Sharp@kent.gov.uk
Legal implications: 15/00016
Equalities implications: Expenditure or savings of more than £1m