Cllr Stephan Fifield sought Cabinet approval to approve the recommissioning of the Gloucestershire Domestic Abuse Support Service (GDASS) by way of a single provider framework agreement for the period 1 July 2025 – 30 June 2029 and to delegate decision making on initial call-offs and future calloffs under the key decision threshold.
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 Adult Social Care
Delivery to:
1. Conduct a competitive procurement process in
respect of a four-year single provider Framework Agreement for the
supply of Gloucestershire Domestic Abuse Support Service (GDASS).
The Framework Agreement shall be divided into the following
Lots:
(a) Lot A: Core Support to Victims
(b) Lot B: Support in Safe Accommodation
(c) Lot C: Support in the Health System
(d) Lot D: Support in the Courts and the Criminal Justice
System
(e) Lot E:
Training, Awareness Raising and Engagement
2. Appoint the preferred tenderer to this single
provider Framework Agreement.
3. Award a Call-Off Contract for the supply of Core
Support to Victims of Domestic Abuse under Lot A of this single
provider Framework Agreement to the sole appointed supplier. The
proposed Call-Off Contract will continue for an initial period of
four years and include an option to extend its term for a further
period of one year on its fourth anniversary and an additional
period of one year on its fifth anniversary (i.e., four + one + one
years).
4. Determine whether to exercise the two options to
extend the call-off contract described in Recommendation
3.
5. Award, subject to the financial limit set out in the Resource Implications section of this Report below, as many Call-Off Contracts as may be required by the council under Lots A to E of the Framework Agreement and to exercise any extension options.In the event that the value of any individual proposed call-off contract exceeds £500,000, a separate Cabinet decision shall be sought in order to authorise this.