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Contract - Advocacy Services Re-tender

Meeting: 20/10/2015 - Health & Wellbeing Board and ICB Sub-Committee (Committees in Common) (Item 36)

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Minutes:

Mark Tyson, Group Manager, Integration and Commissioning, LBBD, presented the report and explained that feedback from stakeholders had indicated that the current advocacy service provision was too fragmented and confusing, which had resulted in Commissioners reviewing the provision and advocacy pathways.  As a number of advocacy contracts were due to expire on 31 March 2016, it was proposed that the services should be remodeled to address all statutory advocacy requirements through a single contract for advocates under the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act.  By bringing the services into one contract, access would be improved and simplified and it should also offer cost reductions on the current budget allocations.  Wherever possible the provider would have expertise to meet the client’s needs and should be able to provide the service in a number of ways, including face-to-face advocacy.

 

The Board:

 

(i)  Approved the procurement of an integrated statutory advocacy service for a term of two years, with the option to extend for one further year, in accordance with the strategy outlined in the report.

(ii)  Delegate authority to the Corporate Director for Adult and Community Services, in consultation with the Chief Finance Officer and the Head of Legal and Democratic Services, to award the contract to the winning bidder and execute related contracts for an integrated statutory advocacy service.