Agenda and decisions

Delegated Decisions by Cabinet Member for Public Health & Inequalities - Tuesday, 5 September 2023 1.30 pm

Venue: Room 2 - County Hall, New Road, Oxford OX1 1ND. View directions

Contact: Committee Services  Email:  committees.democraticservices@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Link: video link: https://oxon.cc/DDCMPHE05092023

Items
No. Item

1.

Declaration of Interest

Decision:

None

2.

Questions from County Councillors

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3.

Petitions and Public Address

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Decision:

Item 6: Community Outreach Active Travel programme – procurement exercise.

Councillor Dan Levy

 

4.

Adult Community Alcohol and Drug Service Contract pdf icon PDF 303 KB

Forward Plan Ref: 2023/186

Contact: Kate Holburn, Head of Public Health Programmes, kate.holburn@oxfordshire.gov.uk

 

Report by Corporate Director: Public Health & Community Safety (CMDPHI4).

 

Proposed contract extension of the Adult Community Alcohol and Drug Service.

 

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED toapprove the contract extension, via the appropriate legal route, for the Community Alcohol and Drug Service, provided by Turning Point for a period of 4 years.

 

Decision:

Recommendations approved.

 

5.

Approval for extension of Integrated Sexual Health Services Contract pdf icon PDF 304 KB

Forward Plan Ref: 2023/220

Contact: Shakiba Habibula, Consultant in PH, shakiba.habibula@oxfordshire.gov.uk

 

Report by Corporate Director: Public Health & Community Safety (CMDPHI5).

 

The current Contract for the provision of Integrated Sexual Health Services reaches a break point on 31st March 2024. The Contract Period may be extended for up to 3 years in aggregate.

 

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

 

a)    Approve the extension of a commissioned contract, via the appropriate procurement and legal route, for an Integrated Sexual Health Service provided by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUHFT) for a period of 3 years.

 

b)   Approve the offer of an 8% tariff uplift to the provider, effective from 1st April 2023 to meet the additional costs of service change due to change in population health needs post the covid-19 pandemic.

 

c)    Delegate authority to the Director of Public Health in consultation with the Head of Legal, and Deputy Monitoring Officer and s.151 Officer, to extend the current contract and to issue a contract variation to reflect the tariff uplift and the provision of the additional services as detailed in the body of the document (bullet point 11,a,b,c,d).

 

Decision:

Recommendations approved.

 

6.

Community Outreach Active Travel programme - procurement exercise pdf icon PDF 266 KB

Forward Plan Ref: 2023/156

Contact:Rosie Rowe, Head of Healthy Place Shaping, rosie.rowe@oxfordshire.gov.uk

 

Report by Corporate Director of Public Health & Wellbeing (CMDPHI6).

 

The information in this case is exempt in that it falls within the following prescribed categories:

 

3. Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)

 

and since it is considered that, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

 

The annex containing exempt information under the above paragraph is attached.

 

To consider the award of contract for the Community Outreach Active Travel programme which will undergo a tendering process in summer 2023 with a start date of 1 October 2023.

 

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to

 

a)           Note that officers have undertaken a procurement to  commission  the provision of the Community Outreach Active Travel (COAT) programme comprising a service contract and a grants programme over 3 years with the option to extend the service by up to a further 2 years, with a total estimated  value of £1,025,000;

 

b)           Authorise the award of the Community Outreach Active Travel (COAT) programme to the preferred bidder identified in confidential Annex A for the price tendered for a period of 3 years with the option to extend the service by up to a further 2 years;

 

c)           to delegate authority to the Director of Public Health in consultation with the Head of Legal and Deputy Monitoring Officer to finalise the contract documentation; and

 

d)           delegate authority to the Director of Public Health in consultation with the Head of Legal and Deputy Monitoring Officer to approve the exercise of the option to extend the contract for up to a further 2 years as detailed in recommendation (b) above.

 

Additional documents:

Decision:

Recommendations approved.