Decision details

Decision Title

Decision to award CGL (contract ref 17-022) a contract variation of £268,514.30 to deliver activities under the Supplemental Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery Grant 2022/23.

Date of Decision:

4th October 2022

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Ben Anderson – Director of Public Health

Specific Delegation:

(If any)

Under Section 4C3 of the Responsibilities for Functions document (App 9 of the Constitution) the Strategic Director of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health is authorised

1 to discharge executive functions

2 through the commissioning and provision of social services for adults and public health services for the whole population and delivery of housing for the Borough, including:-

3. Public Health (a) Commissioning and Quality (b) Health Improvement (c) Health Intelligence (d) Health Protection

The Sub-Scheme of Delegation of the Strategic Director of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health delegates to the Director of Public Health (p.3) the function to:

3. In respect of procurement, contract administration and best value: · In accordance with Financial and Procurement Procedure Rules, matters relating to the specification for works, goods and services, the seeking of estimates, quotations and tenders, the evaluation of the same and acceptance of tenders relating to contracts for works, goods and services in accordance with approved budgets or supplementary estimates.

Brief Description of Decision:

The officer decision confirms the decision to make the contract variation to the existing CGL contract.  This funding is a part of the Supplementary Substance Misuse Treatment & Recovery Grant (SSMTRG). The contract period was 1^st July 2022 to the 31st March 2023.

Details of the contract will be made available on the Council’s contracts register, Contracts Finder and Find a Tender.

Reasons for the Decision:

The grant acceptance and associated activities were agreed in the Cabinet paper of July 2022. Due to the ongoing tender process, it was not possible to specify the service provider in the Cabinet paper and as such Cabinet did not formally approve this variation to the provider contract.

The commissioned drug & alcohol treatment provider, CGL (up to the 31^st March 2023, when the contract ends), continued to provide activities and staff posts which commenced under the previous PHE Universal Grant. Procurement confirmed that there remained enough flexibility in the contract terms to allow for this additional funding to be awarded to CGL for the specified period.

This proposal was approved by Public Health Senior Management Team on the 28^th September 2022, and by Adult Care, Housing & Public Health Directorate Leadership Team on the 4^th October 2022.

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

N/A

Conflicts of interest declared by any Executive Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision:

None

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

 None

Reports or parts of reports considered

DLT paper on Officer Decision Record for approval for a contract variation of £268,514.30 to CGL to deliver activities under the Supplemental Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery Grant 22/23.

Approved by Ben Anderson, Director of Public Health.