Issue - meetings

In Barking and Dagenham an Integrated Sexual Health Service (ISHS) is currently provided by Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT). The existing contract is due to expire on 30 September 2017 but there is provision for a further one-year extension.

In the light of the above the Cabinet Member for Social Care and Health Integration presented a report outlining a procurement strategy involving the three Borough (B&D, Havering and Redbridge) procurement of the ISHS contract with Barking and Dagenham leading the exercise on behalf of the other two Boroughs. Accordingly

The Board agreed:

(i)  That the Council extend the contract for the provision of the Integrated Sexual Health Service (ISHS) currently provided by Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) for a period of one year from 1 October 2017 until 30 September 2018;

(ii)  That the Council proceed with the procurement of a new three-borough ISHS commencing 1 October 2018 for an initial period of five years, with the option to extend for a further three-year period on an annual basis in accordance with the Council’s Contract Rules; and

(iii)  To delegate authority to the Strategic Director for Service Development and Integration, in consultation with the Director of Public Health, the Cabinet Member for Social Care and Health Integration, the Chief Operating Officer and the Director of Law and Governance, to award the contract to the successful bidder.