Issue - meetings

Cllr Nick Housden sought Cabinet approval to conduct a competitive procurement process for the delivery of a community-based children and young people’s healthier lifestyles programme, from 1st April 2023. This service will work closely with children with obesity, and their families, to support them to make sustainable changes to their eating and physical activity habits, to achieve a healthier weight.

To delegate authority to award the contract to the preferred tenderer to the

Director of Public Health in consultation with the Lead Cabinet Member.

Having considered all of the information, Cabinet noted the report and

RESOLVED to:

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

1. Conduct a competitive procurement process in respect of a contract

for the supply of a children and young people’s healthier lifestyles

programme. The proposed contract shall continue for an initial period

of five years and include an option to extend its term for a further

period of not more than three 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 three years on the expiry of the initial

five-year period

Cllr Nick Housden sought Cabinet approval to conduct a competitive procurement process for the delivery of a community-based children and young people’s healthier lifestyles programme, from 1st April 2023. This service would work closely with children with obesity, and their families, to support them to make sustainable changes to their eating and physical activity habits, to achieve a healthier weight.

The contract for the current pilot children and young people’s weight management service would come to an end on the 31^st March 2023. This meant that if the Council were to continue to provide weight management support for children and young people in Gloucestershire, they must tender for future provision.

Pending Cabinet approval, it was the intention of the PWC Directorate to publish the tender by the end of September to enable a basic service offer to commence on 1^st April 2023. This service would work closely with children with obesity, and their families, to support them to make sustainable changes to their eating and physical activity habits and achieve a healthier weight.  It would work alongside other providers of weight management, wider children and family services (including family hubs) and community provision to provide an integrated weight management offer which would comprise a range of activities and support including, for example, cooking / budgeting skills, parenting support, peer support etc.

In February 2022 the Council committed to investing £160k annually into children’s weight management from April 2022 onwards. The remaining funding for children’s weight management (£290k) would be met annually from within the ring-fenced Public Health grant.

In response to a question the Cabinet Member explained it was difficult to work out return on investment precisely, but the impact of the service would save large sums of money in the long term.

Having considered all of the information, Cabinet noted the report and

RESOLVED to:

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

1. conduct a competitive procurement process in respect of a contract for the supply of a mental wellbeing helpline for adults, incorporating support for selfharm. The proposed contract shall continue for an initial period of 3 years and include options to extend its term for two further periods of up to 2 years on each of its third and fifth anniversaries;

2. award such contract to the preferred tenderer;

3. determine whether to exercise the option to extend the term of such

contract for a further period of not more than 2 years on the expiry of the

initial 3-year term;

4. determine whether to exercise the option to extend the term of such

contract again for a further period of not more than 2 years on its fifth

anniversary.