Decision details

To seek approval to conduct a competitive procurement process for the delivery of a Sexual Health Prevention Service from 1st April 2025.

To delegate authority to the Director of Public Health in consultation with the Cabinet member for responsibility for Public Health and Communities to award the contract to the preferred tenderer.

That the Leader rejects the alternative options and takes the recommended decision to:

Delegate authority to the Director of Public Health, in consultation with the Cabinet member with responsibility for Public Health and Communities, to:

1.    Conduct a competitive procurement process in respect of a contract for the supply of a Sexual Health Prevention Service (hereafter referred to as the Sexual Health & Wellbeing Outreach Service which is deemed to better reflect the nature and function of the service) that is scheduled to commence on 1st April 2025. The proposed contract shall continue for an initial period of three years and include an option to extend its term for a further period of not more than two years;

2.    Award such contract to the preferred tenderer; and

3.    Determine whether to exercise the option to extend the contract for a further period of not more than two years on the expiry of the initial three-year term.

For the reasons set out in the report.