Award of Contract Sexual Health promotion services
Additional documents:
Decision:
Having considered a confidential officer report, and a presentation by the
Deputy Mayor, Councillor Chris Best, the Mayor and Cabinet agreed that:
(1) Lambeth should award the contract for the Sexual Health Promotion
service to the company which scored the highest overall in the evaluation
process, for a period of three years, with an option to extend for a further two
years and Lewisham’s contribution to the contract be a stated annual and
overall values (including the possible extension of two years);
(2) the service does not include specialised support in relation to Chemsex as
through the development of the service specification and soft market testing it
was identified that this should be procured separately from a specialist
provider
(3) Lewisham should procure the Chemsex service as a Single Tender action
jointly with Lambeth and Southwark, and that Lambeth should lead on the
procurement and contract on Lewisham’s behalf;
(4) authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Community Services to
agree to a Single Tender Action for Lambeth to enter into a contract on
Lewisham’s behalf for a specialist Chemsex support and capacity building
across Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark at a stated total contract value
including Lewisham’s stated annual contribution for a proposed contract
length of 2 years (with three optional extensions of one year each) meaning
Lewisham’s total maximum cost of contract would be a stated figure including
all extensions.
Minutes:
The Deputy Mayor mentioned that an addendum had been tabled containing
some minor corrections to the report which was a collaborative effort involving
three boroughs.
Having considered a confidential officer report, and a presentation by the
Deputy Mayor, Councillor Chris Best, the Mayor and Cabinet for the reasons
set out in a confidential report and by a vote of 6-0:
RESOLVED that
(1) Lambeth should award the contract for the Sexual Health Promotion
service to the company which scored the highest overall in the evaluation
process, for a period of three years, with an option to extend for a further two
years and Lewisham’s contribution to the contract be a stated annual and
overall values (including the possible extension of two years);
(2) the service does not include specialised support in relation to Chemsex as
through the development of the service specification and soft market testing it
was identified that this should be procured separately from a specialist
provider
(3) Lewisham should procure the Chemsex service as a Single Tender action
jointly with Lambeth and Southwark, and that Lambeth should lead on the
procurement and contract on Lewisham’s behalf;
(4) authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Community Services to
agree to a Single Tender Action for Lambeth to enter into a contract on
Lewisham’s behalf for a specialist Chemsex support and capacity building
across Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark at a stated total contract value
including Lewisham’s stated annual contribution for a proposed contract
length of 2 years (with three optional extensions of one year each) meaning
Lewisham’s total maximum cost of contract would be a stated figure including
all extensions.