Issue - meetings

Matthew Cole, Director of Public Health, presented the report and explained the history behind the development of the strategy, and how the review of the market had shown that apart from local GPs and Community Pharmacies, there were no other providers, with the combination of means, reach and clinical expertise that could deliver the services locally.  The current contact was due to expire on 31 March 2016 and there were no provisions to extend that contract.  The full details of the review, procurement strategy and proposed contract, which was a direct contract award to local General Practices and Community Pharmacies, were set out in the report.

The Board:

(i)  Approved the strategy set out in the report for the procurement of the public health primary care contracts identified in Section 3.1 of the report;

(ii)  Waived the requirement to conduct a competitive procurement exercise for the said contracts, in accordance with Contract Rule 6.6.8; and

(iii)  Delegated authority to the Lead Divisional Director of Adult and Community Services, in consultation with the Director of Public Health, Head of Legal Services and the Strategic Director of Finance to award the Public Health Service Contracts, as set out in section 3.1 of the report, to the 40 General Practices (GPs) and 38 Community Pharmacies (CPs) for the period 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2018, with the option to extend for a further one year period,in accordance with the strategy set out in this report.