Issue - meetings
Contract: Public Health Services in Primary Care Contracts 2015/16
Meeting: 09/12/2014 - Health & Wellbeing Board and ICB Sub-Committee (Committees in Common) (Item 83)
83 Contract: Public Health Services in Primary Care Contracts 2015/16 
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Minutes:
Matthew Cole, Director of Public Health, presented the report and explained that a number of contracts would expire on 31 March 2015 and under the Council’s Constitution, Contract Rules, a waiver of tendering requirements was needed as there were exceptional circumstance as to why a procurement exercise could not be undertaken at the current time, the details of which were set out in the report.
The Board:
(i) Approved the strategy, for the procurement of the Public Health Programmes contracts within the primary care setting from the 1 April 2015, for a period of one year for:
(a) NHS Health
Check Programme (mandated Council Public Health function)
(b) Chlamydia
Screening
(c) Smoking
Cessation Level 2 Service
(d) Contraceptive
Intrauterine Devices (IUDs) and Contraceptive Implants
(e) Pharmacy
sexual health Service
(f) Shared
Care in GP Practices (Drug Treatment Service)
(g) Supervised Consumption in Pharmacies (Drug Treatment Service)
the details of which were set out in sections 2.1 to 2.6 of the report;
(ii) In accordance
with Contract Rule 6.6.8, waived the requirement to conduct a
competitive procurement exercise for the contracts above;
and,
(iii) Delegated Authority to the Corporate Director of Adult and Community Services, in consultation with the Director of Public Health, Head of Legal Services and the Chief Finance Officer to award the Public Health service contracts, as set out above, to the nominated General Practice and Pharmacy providers.